The move was also welcomed by teachers last night.
Officials at North Street School, which Matthew attended, held an emergency meeting with teachers this morning.
The city imposed new terms of employment on Philadelphia teachers tonight, raising the threat of a strike by the city's 21,000 union teachers.
6) What is the background of teachers 7) Do you use designated textbooks?
The New York City teachers' union last night issued an early October deadline for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to offer them a new contract.
Speaking to the state's largest teachers' union this morning, the senator scolded Mr. Silver with cutting sarcasm for releasing details of budget negotiations to reporters.
But during parent-teacher night, the mink coats and charcoal suits told a different tale.
" 'The Rake's Progress,' " I declared, referring to the 1951 Stravinsky opera, much to the bafflement of my teacher, who later asked my mother, on parent-teacher night, what in the world I had been talking about.
Initially, of course, it was the kids who brought us together, as we squeezed behind neighboring desks on parent-teacher night, carpooled together, cheered for one another's offspring at band concerts and sporting events.
If I called your teacher tonight, what would she tell me about you? 7. How did you help somebody today?
Being uncomfortably warm for a few hours is a better fate than having your friends, or even worse, a teacher, notice last night's cuts and start asking questions.
