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A community of African-American parents from Queens are sounding the alarm about why kids in their public school system seem not to be achieving academically despite a high rate of per-student spending by the Department of Education.
And they’re threatening to get answers in court if they must.
The newly formed Students Improvement Association which has ripped the low school performance in southeast Queens despite high DOE spending pledged to dig in against the agency.
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Leaders Michael Duncan and Raymond Dugue have highlighted that the DOE spends upwards of $28,000 per student at many schools in poorly performing District 29.
By Cherranda Smith
Jun 16, 2021
A group of Black families in Queens, New York are calling out the city’s Department of Education, accusing the school system of neglecting their students.
“There are a lot of Black middle-class homeowners here,” local activist
New York Post in an exclusive interview. “These are successful people, successful families. The results in our schools are not reflective of the community. Something is wrong here,” Duncan added.
Families in the primarily Black District 29 formed the grassroots Students Improvement Association (SIA) to address the educational disparities in the area’s public schools, which has prompted many to pay out of pocket for private school educations for their kids. Enrollment in the district has declined every year the last four years, dropping 12.6% between 2016 and 2020.
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