Fwd: Clarification regarding education elections; May 12th deadline for resolution
Mona Davids
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Date: May 11, 2011 12:12:20 PM EDT
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Subject: Clarification regarding education elections; May 12th deadline for resolution
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Advocates for Justice
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release: MAY 11, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Advocates for Justice sets May 12th deadline for resolution of education election talks
Chris Owens, Exec. Dir. 718-514-4874
Mona Davids, NYC Parents Union 917-340-8987
Clarification Statement Regarding Education Elections
May 12th deadline set for resolution of Parent-DOE talks
May 11, 2011, New York, NY --- Advocates for Justice, a public interest law firm, represents the New York City Parents Union and other parents in pending litigation regarding the various education elections within the City. In an effort to clarify the status of these elections, Arthur Z. Schwartz, Esq., President of Advocates for Justice, released the following statement:
"The start of the second round of the various education elections, which our clients, including the New York City Parents Union, sued to stop, has been put off by agreement until Tuesday, May 17. The New York City Department of Education has made no other commitments at this time. We continue to talk.
To be absolutely clear, we continue to seek a totally new citywide parent advisory vote and we maintain that the first round of voting was not legitimate, specifically that parents were disenfranchised, eligible candidates were not included on the various ballots, and parent voters were not adequately informed about the vote and about their choices.
If we cannot reach agreement on this with the Department of Education by 9:00 AM this Thursday, May 12th, and if the Department chooses to press ahead with the second round of voting next Tuesday, we will return to Court to seek the stay we initially sought on May 9.
For now, we have no reason to believe that the Department of Education is not engaging in good faith."
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Mona Davids (NYCPA)
We want to hear from everyone who was disenfranchised by the election. My
phone number is on every email.
Phone: 917-340-8987
Email: mda...@nycparentsunion.org
Best regards,
Mona
> Great Job!!!
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Mona Davids
> <mda...@nycharterparents.org>wrote:
>
>> FYI - clarification on the meeting Arthur Schwartz and I had with DoE
>> attorney's yesterday re CEC elections and the NYC Parents Union lawsuit.
>>
>> Please see email below.
>>
>> Mona Davids
>> 917.340.8987
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> *From:* "Chris Owens, Executive Director" <cow...@advocatesny.com>
>> *Date:* May 11, 2011 12:12:20 PM EDT
>> *To:* <mda...@nycharterparents.org>mda...@nycharterparents.org
>> *Subject:* *Clarification regarding education elections; May 12th
>> deadline
>> for resolution*
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>> Advocates for Justice
>> PRESS RELEASE*
>>
>> *For immediate release: MAY 11, 2011*
>> *BREAKING NEWS: Advocates for Justice sets May 12th deadline for
>> resolution of education election talks*
>> *Contact:
>> Advocates for Justice** 212-228-6320 x 8*
>> *Arthur Schwartz, Esq. **917-923-8136*
>> *Chris Owens, Exec. Dir. **718-514-4874*
>> *Mona Davids, NYC Parents Union 917-340-8987*
>>
>> *Clarification Statement Regarding Education Elections *
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *May 12th deadline set for resolution of Parent-DOE talks *
>>
>> May 11, 2011, New York, NY --- *Advocates for Justice*, a public
>> interest
>> law firm, represents the New York City Parents Union and other parents
>> in
>> pending litigation regarding the various education elections within the
>> City. In an effort to clarify the status of these elections, *Arthur Z.
>> Schwartz, Esq*., President of Advocates for Justice, released the
>> following statement:
>>
>>
>>
>> "The start of the second round of the various education elections, which
>> our clients, including the New York City Parents Union, sued to stop,
>> has
>> been put off by agreement until Tuesday, May 17. The New York City
>> Department of Education has made no other commitments at this time. We
>> continue to talk. * *
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *To be absolutely clear, we continue to seek a totally new citywide
>> parent
>> advisory vote and we maintain that the first round of voting was not
>> legitimate, specifically that parents were disenfranchised, eligible
>> candidates were not included on the various ballots, and parent voters
>> were
>> not adequately informed about the vote and about their choices. *
>>
>>
>>
>> If we cannot reach agreement on this with the Department of Education by
>> 9:00 AM this Thursday, May 12th, and if the Department chooses to press
>> ahead with the second round of voting next Tuesday, we will return to
>> Court
>> to seek the stay we initially sought on May 9.
>>
>>
>>
>> For now, we have no reason to believe that the Department of Education
>> is
>> not engaging in good faith."* *
>>
>>
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