Rise & Shine: Paterson won't back lifting the charter school cap

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | October 27, 2009, 11:26am UTC
  • The city won’t be giving special H1N1 vaccine priority to middle and high school students. (Daily News)
  • Gov. Paterson said he won’t back a proposed law that would eliminate the charter school cap. (Post)
  • The 100 school support workers who lost their jobs are now suffering without salaries. (Daily News)
  • The Post says Paterson’s unwillingness to back lifting the charter cap is fiscally foolish and bad for kids. 
  • Chancellor Klein was in Denver yesterday, where leaders are pushing a host of reforms. (Denver Post)
  • Parents and school funding advocates testified yesterday against Gov. Paterson’s proposed cuts. (NY1)
  • A Brooklyn student was shot and killed outside Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School. (NY1)
  • A 66-year-old Catholic school for girls in Queens will close at the end of the school year. (Daily News)
  • Forest Hills families are looking forward to a three-school campus due to open next fall. (Daily News)
  • A Boston Globe writer asks what Gerald Bracey and Ted Sizer would say about the state’s dropout plan.
  • IS 89 students had good things to say about Rachel Ray’s deconstructed chicken taco dish. (Daily News)