Parents, Students Go To Albany To Fight For Charter Schools
Monday, February 7, 2011 at 08:40AM Parents and students from Our World Neighborhood Charter School, 36-12 35th Ave., Astoria are pictured here with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Albany on February 7, in observation of Charter School Day 2011. 
Concerned parents from state charter schools and students traveled to the state capitol to meet with legislators regarding charter school funding. To help remedy the budget crisis in New York, some lawmakers want to cut charter school funding, even though charter schools already receive less funding than other public schools. Astoria is home to many new charter schools that recently opened to address the overcrowding issue in Western Queens. Pictured in the photo are: Shannon Jameson, Olivia Powell, Jamie Rivera, John Jameson, Rose Markisello, Lena Jameson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Assistant Helen Cesarsky.
