<div><div><div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></p></div><div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)">As some of you may know, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME) is considering a proposal to create a paired school between Maury and Miner elementary schools that would (1) blend the separate school boundaries into a single boundary, (2) reassign Miner to be the early grade campus (PreK3-1), and (3) reassign Maury to be the later grade campus (2-5). </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto">Doing so would constitute a tremendous disruption to both communities, requiring the closure and reopening of two schools. In making this sweeping proposal, DME has made questionable assumptions regarding enrollment and in-bound participation, failed to provide any detail about how it will be implemented, and failed to provide any data showing that this model will improve educational outcomes for anyone. And for such a proposal to even have a chance of succeeding, there would need to be significant community engagement and support, of which there has been very little. <br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto">To ensure your voice is heard, anyone opposed to the paired school proposal should do the following:<br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto">1. <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Please sign the community letter, <a href="https://forms.gle/UVs919HmXMTBeXex5" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank">found here</a>. </strong>This letter will be shared with DME. All members of the Maury, Miner, or Eliot-Hine communities (or those who live in-bound for those schools) are encouraged to sign. Please also feel free to forward the letter to anyone who you believe may be interested.<br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto">2. Consider filling out DME’s <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=8Unkj5SLt0-ZBm-Tnagtczxvnk3MmepBgILrceqyWwFUQ0wyT09DRURJRVZITU5CNU5INjk2UUU3RiQlQCN0PWcu" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank">feedback form</a></strong> to express your views in opposition to the proposal. <br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)" dir="auto">Thanks very much in advance for your consideration<br></p></div></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Benjamin Wasserman</font><br></font><div style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(516) 459-2117</span><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> | <a href="mailto:bdw629@gmail.com" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">bdw629@gmail.com</a> </font></font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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