A newly formed parents group blasted union-backed law that will limit public school classroom sizes – and could force the Big Apple to hire as many as 12,000 new teachers.
The Coalition for Class Size Equity is on the attack against Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers, saying they’re out to oppose the “negative consequences” of the earth-shattering law that was imposed on city schools after a major lobbying push by the teachers’ union.
“One-size-fits-all never works, one-size-fits-all doesn’t make sense anywhere,” said Deborah Alexander, executive director of the group. “Common sense is missing.”
The Queens resident, who has a child attending the Bronx High School of Science and another enrolling there in September, said many parents are not yet aware of “painful tradeoffs” to comply with the law.
“You cannot create space where there is none,” Alexander told The Post. “You’re going to cause more harm than good.”