A diminutive woman whose students often tower over her, Ms. Bloomberg did not set out to become an activist against her employer. City officials proposed creating a selective secondary school to be called Millennium Brooklyn High School as a sister school to the overwhelmingly white Millennium High School in Manhattan. They’ve been sitting on money or they can find money if it’s for white students?” Ms. Bloomberg recalled thinking. Ms. Bloomberg, parents and students at the school began to protest the new Millennium Brooklyn school. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMr. Maybloom said some teachers did not support Ms. Bloomberg but were afraid to speak out.

Source: New York Times May 04, 2017 19:12 UTC