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MARCH 2005

Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields’ Dedication
to Education

By Liza Young

With an anticipating crowd awaiting her, including prominent members of City Council and of the community, Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields recently delivered
the
State of the Borough Address, revealing accomplishments, areas that need attention, and her visions for the future.

The major theme woven through her public address is the idea of inclusion: that every resident of NY have access to quality health care, education, and housing.

With respect to education, President Fields from early in her career has worked towards improving the educational system, and continues to examine the area and set forth higher standards. She expressed her vision of an educational system where the emphasis is not bogged down by bureaucracy with heavy testing of students to the point of not seeing the “needs and aspirations of each child.” She rather envisions a system of “putting children first.” For President Fields, this means: extending after-school programs; increasing pre-school programs and improving existing ones; attaining qualified teachers while retaining current excellent ones; fostering arts and vocational education; and seeing that schools reflect the needs of the workplace through the partnering of businesses and educational leaders in designing high school programs so as to bridge the road from school to work.

Resonating the poetry of Langston Hughes, she stated, “Let’s not defer the dream of quality education in Public Schools.” All evidence points towards President Fields fostering this dream. At the end of her address, a woman from the audience approached her, and with tears in her eyes, thanked her for her contributions to education, particularly in the field of vocational education, where she now sees a brighter future for her son.#

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