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January 18, 2009

Atlantic Yards YES! Schools NO!!

NY Times presents letters from New Yorkers to Obama:

ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN

Teacher of English as a Second Language, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows, Queens

I teach in a trailer in the back of a building. My school is built for 1,800 kids, and we have over 4,500. They build a wall in the middle of the room and say we have two rooms. It’s unconscionable.

There’s an entire school in the Bronx made of trailers. Meanwhile, we’re building more seats in stadiums down the street. What do you think will happen if we build stadiums and not schools? Kids get it. They’re smart.

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Posted by amy at January 18, 2009 9:42 AM