Ms. Weingarten based her estimate on information collected by 200 teachers' union chapter leaders at schools throughout the city.
"I said, if you go on a roof, you're not covered," said Jacqueline Williams, the leader of the teachers' union chapter, referring to teachers' insurance coverage.
Virgilio Suncar, the teachers' union chapter leader and a 12-year Lane veteran, wondered, similarly: "Are we going to have police in the building forever?
The leader of the school's teachers' union chapter, Maria Colón, said that it was still too soon to say what Mr. Rotunno's legacy would be, but that so far, he had been willing to listen to teachers' concerns.
"We think we deserve a certain amount of allowance and acknowledgment for the fact that we are serving a special-needs population," said Mr. Lundahl, the teachers' union chapter leader at the school.
Alan Ettman, the teachers' union chapter leader at Walton High School, said that officials there were counting on more than 500 students transferring to the new programs, but he expressed doubt that so many would use the option.
The law requires the principal, the teachers' union chapter leader, the president of the school's parent organization and the union leader for the school's aides to be members of each team, while all other members are elected by parents and teachers at an annual meeting.
Michael Mulgrew, President of the New York City teachers' union chapter, mocked the plan in a letter to the chair of the SUNY Charter School Committee.
For example: do not ask your teacher what chapter you are supposed to read.
Check out the syllabus and consult your friends and teachers about chapters which are the most important to know for the exam.
Ask you teacher what chapter he/she is going to teach next, you can skim the chapter the night before so you have a good understanding of what's going on in class tomorrow.
