John Quaglione Does Not Have Education as an Important Issue
Wow, I didn’t realize this until today, but John Quaglione, a candidate for NYC Council does not have education as an issue. How could anyone think of running in our area without having education as a focus?
John Quaglione is running to represent Bay Ridge. Yet, on Quaglione’s website, the issue page has five other issues that he feels are important.
The five issues Quaglione has on his site are: family health, public safety, transportation, quality of life and seniors.
John Quaglione’s wife is an Assistant Principal, so it’s strange that he isn’t advocating for education.
Why is education not a leading issue for Quaglione?
- Quaglione is on the board of directors at Saint Anselm Catholic Academy. Saint Anselm has less than 300 students in PreK-8th grade. The pre-k Program at St. Anselm is large and funded by Mayor deBlasio. That program has probably helped keep the school open. Yet, Quaglione takes swipes at the deBlasio regularly. Most of the Catholic schools in Bay Ridge (if not all) are being supported by deBlasio’s Pre-K program. Why hasn’t Quaglione thanked the Mayor?
- Senator Marty Golden, who Quaglione has worked for most of his life, has supported vouchers and charter schools. Maybe Quaglione doesn’t want us to know that he supports that too? Golden even supported the co-location of charter schools in current public schools.
Our district is overcrowded and new public schools are needed.
Strangely, Marty Golden continues to introduce bills for private school funding by allowing tax breaks to rich donors, who are giving money to schools. Watch Senator Golden talk with these men and see how they discuss the “nuclear option” in this video (starts around 6:00) Even a Republican blog called out Golden on this.
John Quaglione’s lack of support for public education shows he is out of touch with this district. Failing to mention it as an issue for this community shows he doesn’t understand what parents in this community regard as important.
Hugs,
marlene
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