Friday, August 28, 2015

Border Surge Drives Up Enrollment In NYC Schools


By New Your Post, Aug 27 2015 Numbers USA

The NYC Department of Education told the schools that it plans to enroll 2,350 illegal alien children this year, with more to come. This is after the 5,000 children that ended up in New York state after last year's surge of unaccompanied minors across the border. NYC has already invested $50 million of taxpayer funding for the 1,662 minors that came across the border during the summer.

Parents are worried about the current strain this increase of students will have on their children's education.

"NYC public schools are already failing to meet the needs of the students they have -- 70 percent cannot read, write and do math at grade level. How can they handle thousands of new students competing for the same services without things getting worse," asked Sam Pirozzolo, vice president of the New York City Parents Union.


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