Recently, I had a conversation with the parent of a young child. He had just received a neuropsychological report for his son and found out that the doctor diagnosed his son with autism.
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I had a client reach out to me today, concerned about this news article, in which the DOE is refusing to pay its teachers $900 million in back pay that was promised back in 2014. She was concerned that, in light of this news, the DOE might renege on its obligation to pay her the 2019-2020 school year tuition reimbursement that an IHO awarded this summer.
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In the beginning of the 2019 school year, the issue of school buses was front and center in New York City.
There were a number of horror stories that surfaced in the news about children who were picked up and dropped off at the wrong place; kids sitting on hot buses for hours; and school bus routes that were in general disarray.
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COVID-19 has created a tremendous amount of uncertainty, and understandably so — not since the Spanish Flu has a pandemic so thoroughly interrupted our daily lives. This sobering state of affairs gives us a new perspective on how precarious our lives, and livelihoods, can be — even here in the United States. Before this, I am sure that many of us thought of ourselves as being protected from this kind of instability. If nothing else, then, I hope that this crisis pricks our collective conscience and spurs lasting, systemic reforms to our economy and healthcare system. Indeed, working parents had too much to worry about before this pandemic.
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Charter schools are not private schools, though many people are under the mistaken impression that they are. On the contrary, if you follow lines of accountability and funding, charter schools are one form of public school.
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