tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post6056384633612109848..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: FARINA IS MERGING SCHOOLSJeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-34601129834691922882016-05-22T15:44:15.989-04:002016-05-22T15:44:15.989-04:00When the first round of voluntary closures in the ...When the first round of voluntary closures in the Bronx began.... <br /><br />Voluntary? Unity signed off. The State did not ask for this. Gates promised money, and Randi and her Dr. Doom sacrificed our schools. Walton, Stevenson, Columbus (which was spared complete closure, for a few extra years), Kennedy, Evander.<br /><br />Unity agreed to close those schools. For money. Maybe for other reasons too. But the biggest reason for screwing our members was Gates cash and Gates influence (which bought us nothing, but the accusation is that Unity worked against our members, not that it worked out for them.)<br /><br />Maybe some of it's not about Unity. You could be right. But in these most egregious cases? Unity was responsible.<br /><br /><a href="https://jd2718.org/2015/12/27/who-closed-the-bronxs-high-schools/" rel="nofollow">I wrote something</a> (some comments worth ploughing through).<br /><br /><a href="https://jd2718.org/2016/01/03/who-closed-the-bronxs-high-schools-by-lynne-winderbaum/" rel="nofollow">Lynne Winderbaum also wrote</a>, with more detail, but less finger-pointing.Jonathanhttp://jd2718.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-79364897900236692762016-05-22T13:12:21.802-04:002016-05-22T13:12:21.802-04:00You are right.You are right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-38887896814372412042016-05-22T13:11:12.898-04:002016-05-22T13:11:12.898-04:00Klein w as gone. Walcott tried to close Bryant. UF...Klein w as gone. Walcott tried to close Bryant. UFT sued and won. It isn't always about Unity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-80019714215198672212016-05-21T21:41:56.335-04:002016-05-21T21:41:56.335-04:00LIC stayed open. Unity CL (but, decent guy). Sam...LIC stayed open. Unity CL (but, decent guy). Same rumor about Klein (I think he went to the old LIC, and then Bryant). LIC had a relatively strong chapter. <br /><br />I think one of the goals of small schools was to get the # on staff under 45, so the CL was no longer a comp-time position, and thus weaken all the chapters. Many schools have no CL, and I'd venture to say that most schools have no Delegates. Just the way Unity wants it.b set the DA at 4:15 and pack the chairs with retirees. What a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-71092418665284978742016-05-21T20:35:23.177-04:002016-05-21T20:35:23.177-04:00Anon 3:09 - do I detect Unity scum?Anon 3:09 - do I detect Unity scum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13852082543228819512016-05-21T20:34:19.638-04:002016-05-21T20:34:19.638-04:00Right - Klein alma mater - and Richard Barr, a law...Right - Klein alma mater - and Richard Barr, a lawyer and Columbus grad, once confronted Klein at a PEP about the fact he closed everyone's school but his own.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-10473340049291825422016-05-21T17:53:54.335-04:002016-05-21T17:53:54.335-04:00It is also the alma mater of then chancellor Klein...It is also the alma mater of then chancellor Klein, which kept it off the list until the end. UFT also couldn't selectively pick the schools in that lawsuit. It was all or nothing.TeachmyclassMrMayor(andyoutooMrMulgrew)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-90916725582561805642016-05-21T15:09:30.489-04:002016-05-21T15:09:30.489-04:00The UFT also stopped Bryant from closing which did...The UFT also stopped Bryant from closing which did not, and does not, have a Unity Chapter Leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-69264002398142057222016-05-21T10:38:55.036-04:002016-05-21T10:38:55.036-04:00Found it and published it: Many NYC High Schools ...Found it and published it: <a href="https://jd2718.org/2016/05/21/many-nyc-high-schools-got-treated-badly-by-bloombergklein-when-do-we-fix-the-damage/" rel="nofollow">Many NYC High Schools Got Treated Badly by Bloomberg/Klein - When Do We Fix the Damage?</a>Jonathanhttp://jd2718.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-14696137413048563902016-05-21T10:31:48.567-04:002016-05-21T10:31:48.567-04:00It's not too late.
But incredible damage has...It's not too late. <br /><br />But incredible damage has been done. <br /><br />And even if we began to merge schools today, I'm not sure we could repair the damaged histories and traditions - and those things DO matter.<br /><br />We've been pushing merger for some time. Mulgrew adopted two or three years ago the idea that "some of our schools need to be..." but I think that was just a throw-away line that never went anywhere. <br /><br />I'll dig up and publish the last resolution we brought to the Executive Board... I think a year ago. Unity tabled it and never came back to it.<br /><br />JonathanJonathanhttp://jd2718.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-64485522526457888782016-05-21T09:02:44.881-04:002016-05-21T09:02:44.881-04:00I don't think it is too late. It is never too...I don't think it is too late. It is never too late. If you think it is too late, why do you fight?<br /><br />There are enough people with memories of what big schools are like (and there are a lot of good/great big schools around to help). This would also be a great time for people getting strong union people into the schools (and/or create strong union people). Any time you get fewer admins and more teachers and classes/courses is a good thing.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-86271841996546055942016-05-21T08:17:35.985-04:002016-05-21T08:17:35.985-04:00Unity and the DOE teamed up with Bill Gates to clo...Unity and the DOE teamed up with Bill Gates to close large high schools. I remember when ICE and TJC had seats on the ex bd back around 2005-6 and Columbus was being closed and Peter Lamphere who taught at the school spoke at the EB meeting pointing to the destruction of the union as one of the aims and Randi backed the closing - as they did until Bloomberg went too far in late 2009 by closing 19 schools - a real shot at the UFT which was willing to go along if they did the closings more slowly like a slow drip. The dis made it untenable politically for the UFT to continue its partnership with the DOE and so on paper they turned against school closings and even did some lawsuits which won a postponement of some closings and prevented a few - like Dewey and Maxwell -- which at the time had Unity Chapter Leaders - esp Maxwell which was a strong pocket of Unity.<br />ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.com