Diversity Matters

Statement from parents at the Arts & Letters K-8 public school in Fort Greene, Brooklyn:

On behalf of the undersigned parents from the A&L community, we would like to share the following with the New York City Council:

1) Thank you for undertaking a hearing on the resolutions proposed to address the critical issue of diversity in our city’s schools.
2) We, the undersigned parents of the A&L community, are extremely eager to see increased movement at the NYC Department of Education to ensure that all NYC schools reflect the diversity of the city in their enrollment, and that our school be supported in efforts to reserve space for Black and Latino students and students eligible for free and reduced price lunch,
3) We are eager, as a school community, to educate and engage our families in understanding how such policies can benefit the learning of all the students enrolled in our school.