Sachem East students: Teachers required classes to write letters to lawmakers
Photo credit: James Carbone | Sachem High School East on Granny Road in Farmingville, N.Y. (Mar. 4, 2013)
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Four students at Sachem High School East said some teachers recently required their classes to write letters to Albany lawmakers, pressing for more state financial aid.
State legal rulings bar schools from forcing students to take partisan positions, according to the state Education Department. Teacher union officials said the letter-writing campaign was meant to be voluntary, and a district...
