Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, a group that supports gifted and talented schools and screened admissions, has been encouraging families to write to the mayor and chancellor to register their concerns.
A form letter on the group’s website accuses the city of “deliberately and cynically using the deadly Covid-19 crisis to enact an agenda that I oppose and about which my voice has not been heard.”
“In this environment that’s been created, achievement is a dirty word,” said Lucas Liu, a PLACE founder.
Link to full article on the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-schools-admissions.html