Three Brooklyn lawmakers want a new, less ‘divisive’ schools chancellor
"His comments and actions have seemingly made the system even more divided."
A trio of Brooklyn legislators are a part of a new legislative coalition calling on the mayor to ditch the city’s “divisive” schools chancellor.
Queens Councilmember Robert Holden wrote to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday to say that if New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza “continues to divide this city, then someone who can unite” it should replace him.
Since assuming his role in April 2018, Carranza has come under fire for his push to eliminate the city’s Specialized High School Admissions Test. The former Texas principal and son of Mexican immigrants has echoed de Blasio’s allegations that the exam promotes a lack of diversity in the institutions’ enrollment rates.