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Syracuse neighborhood group seeks more local jobs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Saying state and local leaders must do more to create jobs in low-income areas, Syracuse United Neighbors sponsored a protest today on the city’s South Side, one of several across the
Read More »Syracuse Councilor Tom Seals says silent majority supports his vote against tax hike
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Despite “lots” of phone calls over the past two weeks, and two dozen protesters in front of his house Friday, Syracuse Common Councilor Tom Seals held his ground Monday and voted
Read More »Meet a Syracuse teacher who’s going to lose his job: He’s 31, wanted to teach in the city district and his wife’s pregnant with twins
Post-Standard Syracuse Meet one of the hundreds of Syracuse school district employees who are learning they will not have a job with the district come next September. He is Fowler High School math teacher Christoph Weldert, 31,
Read More »Laid-off Syracuse teachers join protest against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s school budget cuts
Syracuse.com Syracuse A handful of Fowler High School staff who just received their lay-off notices joined in on a protest this morning against the governor’s proposed cuts in funding for education. Ninth grade math teacher Jake Taylor,
Read More »Rallying for local schools, as state aid cuts and layoffs loom
CNY Central SYRACUSE "Protect our Kids, Not Millionaires," was the chant during a news conference at Fowler High School Thursday morning. Representatives of Citizen Action of New York and the Alliance for Quality Education were joined
Read More »Educators rally against end to millionaire’s tax
News Channel 9 - WSYR Syracuse A group of teachers, parents and students gathered outside the State Office Building in downtown Syracuse to protest Governor Cuomo's plan to expire the so-called millionaire's tax. Under the Governor's plan,
Read More »Rally against state aid cuts for schools
YNN Albany "No more cuts. No more cuts. No more cuts. No more cuts," chanted community members at a rally Tuesday. Devastating is the only word parents, teachers and students can use to describe the governor's proposed
Read More »Central New Yorkers travel to Albany, protesting education cuts
NewsChannel9 - WSYR Syracuse About 800 parents, students, and community leaders are in Albany on Wednesday to protest the governor’s proposed cuts in education. Among those demonstrating in the state capitol are Central New Yorkers who
Read More »Central New Yorkers lobby to stop school cuts
CNYcentral.com Syracuse Education advocates boarded a bus to Albany Wednesday morning to join hundreds of other New Yorkers for Education Lobby Day. About 70 teachers, parents, and students from Central New York are participating in the event.
Read More »SCSD parents hold rally
YNN Syracuse, NY Syracuse parents are taking matters into their own hands. A rally was held Tuesday night to talk about the effects of state budget cuts on Syracuse schools and what parents and students can
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