Op-Ed: Let Districts Decide on School Co-locations
Jim Devor, president of Brooklyn’s Community Education Council for District 15 (CEC-15) testified before the New York City Council Education Committee hearing on co-locations held on April 19 and explained why CECs should be given the authority to approve or disapprove co-location proposals in their respective districts. Here is his testimony:
I don’t want to burden this hearing with yet another generic diatribe in opposition to all co-locations. In fact, my CEC has a record of support for specific co-location proposals in our district.
Unlike some, we at CEC-15 have not been unalterably opposed to charter schools. Likewise we are very engaged with space utilization matters in our district. Hence, as described in an article by Mark Morales in [the April 18 edition of the] Daily News, we have repeatedly called out the DOE and the School Construction Authority over their continuing neglect of overcrowded, impoverished areas like Sunset Park.