The goal of ParentAdvocates.org
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Current Events
Stuyvesant High School Principal "Shocks" NYC DOE By Accepting Fewer Students
NYC DOE officials knew all along
Stuyvesant High School is one of the most sought after high schools in New York City. Every year, approximately 23,000-26,000 students in eighth and a few in ninth grades take the Specialized Science High School test (SSHAT), and the highest scorers get into Stuyvesant. The group that scores right below the cutoff (for the past several years it was 559, then 571, and this past year 576 out of a possible 800), are admitted to Bronx Science. No recommendations or previous grades are looked at, only the test score.
More than three years ago the Principal of Stuyvesant High School, Mr. Stanley Teitel, began telling parents and staff that he was reducing the number of students in the building by accepting less kids who scored high on the SSHAT. At several PA meetings during the 2003-2004 school year Mr. Teitel told parents that the NYC Department of Education had told him he had to give them the exact number of seats he was making available for the following year, and he told them that he was reducing the number gradually. Parents in the school were concerned about this, as Stuyvesant has a new building that is more than 10 floors, and we all understood that 35,000 kids were not getting into any high school whatsoever (statistics from the DOE for the 2002-2003 school year). Even more shocking is the statement by the BOE in all the newspapers that the NYC DOE "didn't know" Mr. Teitel was doing this. The number of children accepted into the freshman and sophomore grades from the SSHAT determined the number of children who are accepted into all the 5 other specialized high school, therefore it is probably the most analyzed number in the city. Why the NYC DOE is professing that there was no knowledge of this reduction of students admitted to Stuyvesant is a mystery. |
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