Rise & Shine: Occupy Wall Street to join school layoffs protest

By 
Philissa Cramer
 | October 4, 2011, 10:32am UTC
  • Occupy Wall Street protesters are set to join in this afternoon’s school aid layoffs protest. (Daily News)
  • Advocates recommended reforms to CECs, which have parents feeling shut out. (GothamSchools, NY1)
  • Hyde Leadership Charter School is christening a new Hunts Point building today. (Daily News)
  • Thieves made off with 21 computers from Central Park East II, a school in East Harlem. (NY1)
  • PS 29’s ex-PTA treasurer hasn’t made payments required by her plea deal for embezzling. (Times, Post)
  • Students aren’t buying much from school vending machines that offer only healthy choices. (Times)
  • A survey of Chicago charter schools finds they share the same funding woes as other schools. (Tribune)