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Abigail Kramer

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The survey is in: Parent coordinators told us what they want the city to know about their jobs.

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By Abigail Kramer
| Chalkbeat Verified
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to change the role of parent coordinators in the city’s schools — making each one “a meaningful organizer of parents, rather than an administrative coordinator reporting to a principal.” Chalkbeat asked parent coordinators how they see their roles and what they want the mayor to know.
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As Mamdani expands child care, lessons from a Brooklyn early childhood center

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By Abigail Kramer
| Brooklyn Daily Eagle Verified
When Maria Santana first started dropping off her son Anthony at FirstStepNYC, an early education center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, he would cry for hours, refusing to eat or nap until she picked him up. Santana, who was working as a home health aid, told the center’s director that she thought she’d need to pull Anthony out. The director, Catharina Oerlemans, had a better solution: She asked Santana to come work for FirstStepNYC as a food handler.
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As Mamdani expands child care, lessons from a Brooklyn early childhood center

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By Abigail Kramer
| Chalkbeat Verified
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. When Maria Santana first started dropping off her son Anthony at FirstStepNYC, an early education center in Brownsville, Brooklyn, he would cry for hours, refusing to eat or nap until she picked him up. Santana, who was working as a home health aid, told the center’s director that she thought she’d need to pull Anthony out.
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