The NYC school system can’t handle the extra load. There are already over 1 million students in the public school system. Classrooms are already overcrowded. And poor-performing schools are being shut down. The Board of Ed doesn’t want us there as much as we don’t want to be there.
I believe you’re wrong. But you know something, even if you’re right, it still won’t work.
First, I believe that the BoE would accept us with open arms. A larger enrollment means larger budgets, more staff, etc. As I said, they may not be able to handle it on day one if we all show up at once, but over the course of a few weeks they’ll get it together.
Second, even if the Board of Ed does not truly want us, it is not empowered to say “OK, we don’t want you, go back to your schools and we’ll fund you.” The schools are required by law to accept students who come to them for schooling. If they don’t have space, they will have to find space. Secondly, the State Constitution *still* prohibits state funding of religious schools — and that’s not something that the Board of Ed can change.
The Wolf