Queens Chronicle: Dromm Supports More Independent Oversight of NYC Public Schools

From Queens Chronicle:
The state Senate Democratic School Governance Task Force held a public hearing on Feb. 5 at Queens Borough Hall to gather input on the mayoral control policy, which will end in June unless legislators renew it this year. Speaker after speaker stressed that changes need to be made.

The hearing came one week after an Assembly committee held a similar hearing in Queens, where again the majority of speakers asked that the law be overhauled.

Danny Dromm, a teacher at P.S. 199 in Sunnyside and a District 25 City Council hopeful, gave his support to the United Federation of Teachers’ proposal to continue mayoral control with changes. The UFT approved a report that reconfigures the PEP so it can operate independently, give more power to the CECs and enable superintendents to help bridge the gap for parents and schools who need more information and assistance, in addition to others.