Throughout the summer the entire world had been hearing that UFT Solidarity was to have a rally in front of Superintendent Aimee Horowitz's office in Staten Island this past Wednesday, August 26. The world was ready.Just an aside, Aimee Horowitz is High School Superintendent for Staten Island and Superintendent for the Renewal Schools. Aimee has also been in the news recently for several of her schools fixing grades and her ignoring the warning signs and the whistle blowers.
Now back to the fun.
So all summer as mankind was awaiting the hordes of humanity emerging on 715 Ocean Terrace in Staten Island so that Aimee Horowitz would quake in fear of the Movement that is UFT Solidarity we here at SBSB awaited with bated breath for that day.
Sadly, I was in Lake George but news travels up I-87.
UFT Solidarity had planned not to have the rally in front of the campus of the Michael J. Petrides School on the sidewalk, but rather in front of the building itself. On the property.
The DOE put the kibosh on that and rightly so.
Your request for a permit to hold a demonstration at the Michael J. Petrides School has been reviewed and is denied. Chancellor’s Regulation D-180 does not authorize the issuance of a permit for such purposes.
Sylvia Jamison
Supervisor of Extended Use
New York City Department of Education
52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007
212-374-6009
sjamison@schools.nyc.gov
Hmmm, Chancellor's reg D-180.
Someone from UFT Solidarity wrote back. Can't say who, but someone did.
Good afternoon Ms. Sylvia,
I’m in receipt of your email in which you notify me
that our request for a permit to meet at the Petrides complex is denied.
We read through CR D-180 and do not see how having an open civic
meeting, to voice our objections on how Aimee Horowitz has been running
her schools, is being denied.
Civic meetings/forums, as long as they don’t discriminate,
and are open should not be denied according to section I.F and I.H if
D-180.
In any case, we will continue with this civic gathering outside of the complex, on Ocean Terrace, on August 26th.http://www.uftsolidarity.org/rally-against-superintendent-aimee-horowitz-a-common-denominator-in-fixing-schools/
We are however appealing here to General Council Jackson-Chase. Our request is being unreasonably denied.
Thank you.
Just an aside. Shouldn't the woman be addressed as Ms Jamison, not Ms Sylvia? Are we living in 1962 Mississippi?
But UFT Solidarity thinks it made a case. We wondered that too so we decided to have The Crack Team's legal intern, Zippy the Brain Damaged Chimp examine D-180 and with a focus on I.F. and I.H. Here are the two lines in question;
Permits may be granted for civic forums and community centers in accordance with applicable law.Zippy says;
Permits may be granted for holding social, civic, and recreational meetings and entertainment, and other uses pertaining to the welfare of the community. All such uses shall be non - exclusive and open to the general public.
"UFT Solidarity is not a community nor civic organization. UFT Solidarity does not represent the citizens. While it does have CITIZENS amongst its ranks, it is not representative of the community as a whole. Its focus is narrow and for a select few. UFT Solidarity is not open nor is it inclusive to the entire community. It is also not recreational in nature. It is amazing that UFT Solidarity can't get past their own self worth to see this!"Zippy also added;
"However, UFT Solidarity should have attempted to try selling itself as an entertainment act. Their argument might have met with success."So what became of this rally? As you can see in the photo, it set the world on fire (Again, identities were obscured by a photo of Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe. We apologize to Mr Lee.
Seven people! Horowitz must have been cowering under her desk.
Yes, UFT Solidarity is a movement. A bowel movement.
