“Schools have always been under-budgeted,” parent Ricardo Ramirez says, adding that his son's classmates transferred due to a lack of resources. “Now that schools have lower enrollment, shouldn’t we play catch up so that we can provide a good education?”
Students line up in the morning at a lower Manhattan elementary school.“My administration is laser-focused on fiscal discipline.” he said upon presenting his first budget Wednesday. “And we will make decisions that invest in our city and benefit all New Yorkers.”
“Over the past two years, the Department of Education has prioritized resources to schools as they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic,” said education department spokesperson Jenna Lyle. “By using federal stimulus funds, we are continuing to provide schools with support as they adjust to enrollment changes.”
Ramirez said many of his son’s classmates have transferred out of the school because of a lack of resources, and cutting the schools’ budget further would only exacerbate the problem. Already, his son’s Gifted & Talented class has shrunk so much that it had to merge with a fifth grade class. “We believe we're going to get the enrollment counts up,” the mayor said. “We [assure] the city is safe, you're going to see a massive return to the city.”
State Senator John Liu said the decision to reduce funding at some schools is deeply disappointing given that thein the coming years – finally meeting a court mandate from a decade ago. “The stimulus funds were one-time resources to help support schools during the pandemic, but schools will feel the elimination of these funds in their budgets in the upcoming years,” said Ana Champeny, deputy research director at the Citizens Budget Commission. “We’ve been concerned about frontloading [stimulus funds]. It’s important to make sure these one-time funds are used strategically to support temporary programs that address pandemic-related needs among students.
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