This letter was written August 19, 2020. We are continuing to add names on a daily basis. For questions, please email 4bfscolleagues@gmail.com.

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August 19, 2020

Dear Members of the Board of Trustees and Crissy Cáceres:

We write as parents, students, and members of the BFS community in support of BFS colleagues, adding our voice to their open letter (now signed by over 120 BFS teacher, office staff, cafeteria and maintenance workers and available below). We urge you to withdraw your petition to the National Labor Relations Board.

In friendship,

Aaron Lustbader (parent)
Abby Kerlin
Adah Hetko (community member)
Adalberto Diaz (parent)
adam bassiouni (alum)
Adam Distenfeld (alum)
Adam Levine (parent)
Adam Prince (alum)
Adam Snyder (parent)
Adam Wells (Class of 2015)
Adam Young (parent)
Adeliada Cruz (former employee)
Agnes Harley (parent)
Aidan Melia (family member of alum)
Aimee Good and Joshua Margolis (parent)
Akane Merlo (parent)
Alan Hagins (alum, 2012)
Alana Canty-Samuel
Alex Basner (student)
Alex Davis (former BFS admin)
Alex Doerfler-Ludwig (alum, 2013)
Alex van Biema (alum, 2018)
Alexandra Levitt (alum and parent)
Alexandra Tydings Luzzatto (parent)  
Alexine Fleck (alum)
Alexis Gordo  
Ali Kalis (former parent)
Alice and Walter Chamorro (parent)
Alice Chung (parent)
Alice Longobardi Givan (alum, 1959)
Alice Oshima (former student and daughter of BFS Teacher)
Aliki Caloyeras (parent)
Alisa Cohen (alum, 2007)
Aliya Barnwell (alum)
Alison Cornell (parent)
Allison Flett (former teacher)
Alvin Blank, MD (alum, 1962)
Alydia Wells (alum)
Alyssa Swart (teacher)
Amani Willett (former parent)
Amara Granderson (alum)
Amy Agulnek (alum, 1974)
Amy Lukesch (former teacher)
Amy Silver (parent)
Amy Woolever (other)
Ana Neill (former student)
Ana Villa-Liz (parent of alum and current student)
Ana-Claudia Roderick (parent)
Andrea Magiera-Guy (parent)
Andrea Parker (parent)
Andrew Lichtenstein (parent)
Andrew Mead von Salis (parent of lifers, Member of Brooklyn Meeting, recent Clerk of NY Quarterly Mtg.)
Andrew Wengraf (parent)
Andy Arrow (parent)
Andy Berkvist (alum, 1983)
Andy Green (parent)
Angela Austin (parent)
Angie Phillips (alum)
Angie Ungaro (former faculty)
Anique Edwards (class of 2020, alum, 2013-2020)
Anita Davis Kass (alum)
Ann Fawcett Ambia (parent of two alums)
Ann J. Welch (parent)
Anna E (alum)
Anna Kotelchuck (former teacher)
Anna Leipsic (parent)
Annabel Forward (alum)
Anne Becker (parent)  
Anne Love (parent)
Annie Bassin (parent)
Anita Bushell (contributing writer and alum parent)
Antonia Smith Robinson (alum)
Anu Subramanian (parent)
April DiComo  (former BFS parent, current member of New York Yearly Meeting)
Arianne Dunstan-Halliday (alum)
Ariel Goldner (alum)
Ariel Meyerowitz-Weller (parent)
Ariel Teal (alum, 2007)
Arturo Archila (other)
Asav Vora (alum, 8th grade class of 2005)
Asher Longdon-Stewart (student)
Ashley Birk (community member)
Ashwin Vasan (parent)
August Guy (student)
Ava Sklar (student)
Avani Kadakia (parent)
Avi Grosgold (student)
Avita Bansee (parent)
Axita Vora (alum)
Barbara Ringel (retired teacher)
Barbara von Salis (alumna '07, Brooklyn Monthly Meeting member and Former BFS Board Member)
Ben Horner (former trustee)
Ben Rosenfeld (alum)
Ben Rubin (parent)
Ben Van Heuvelen (parent)
Benjamin Francis (alum, Class of 2017)
Benjamin Frisch (Brooklyn MM member / union member & teacher @ Friends Seminary)  
Bernard Poitevien (alum, 1996)
Beth Eisenberg (alum)
Beth Kelly (member, Brooklyn Meeting)
Beth P. Schwartz (former parent)
Beth Rosenberg (parent of alumni)
Beth Zasloff (other)
Betsy Eyring Young (parent)
Betsy Ray (friend of a teacher)
Beverly Bailis (parent)
Bianca Lopez (alum)
Bianca Sanchez (alum, 2000)
Bill Coelius  (community member)
Bill Guy (parent)
Bisa McDuffie-Thurmond (alum, Class of 2015)
Bob Lamm (Instructor at New York University)
Brandt Flomer (parent)
Brendan Dugan (parent)
Brian Chu (former teacher)
Brian Kasler (alum, 1976)
Brian Young (parent)
Brittany Chanel Greene (alumna)
Brittany Kaiser
Bryan Doerries (parent)
Burnley Duke Dame (grandparent of 3, parent, former student)
Byron Woollen (parent)
Caila French (alum)
Callie French (parent)
Callie hocter  (friend of alum)  
Cameron Winter (alum)
Camilla Greene (alum)
Camilla Rothenberg (alum)  
Carine Saint-Jean (parent)
Carl Blumenthal (Member, Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Carl Levine (parent of alum)
Carlos Ball and Richard Storrow (parent of two alumni)
Carol Bove (parent)
Caroline Lane (Quaker and former Union Member while teaching public schools)
Carrie Craig (former parent of 3 BFS students)
Casey Mack (parent)
Catherine Amirfar (parent)
Catherine Levenson (former teacher)
Cathie Mahon (parent)
Cathy Haft (parent of alum)
Cathy Ramey (former parent and trustee, member of 15th St Meeting)
Cecelia Cutler (parent)
Cecily Vlack (student)
Chad Kenward (uncle of student)
Charlotte Phillips (parent of alums)
Charlton McIlwain (parent)
Charlie Hills (alum, 2016)  
Charlie Shulman (alum)
charli wilson (student)
Che Chisholm (parent of alum)
Chelsea Major (alum)
Chelsea Mauldin (parent)
Chelsea Parker (student)
Cherry Montejo (parent)
Cheryl Steed (parent)
Chiara Cafiero (former teacher)
Chiara Di Lello (former associate teacher)  
Chloe Burton (alum, 2014)
Chloe Cheau (alum, 2006)
Chloe E.W. Levine (alum)
Chris Brooks (community member)
Chris Cariello (parent)
Chris Gollmar (former teacher)
Chris Iannni (parent
Chris O'Brien (parent)
Chris Pacetti (parent)
Christian Hernandez (alum, 2007-2011)
Christina Wilson (alumna)
Christine DAppolonia (parent)
Christoph Lardschneider (parent)
Christopher Brunt (parent of alum)
Christopher Nattrass (former teacher)
Christopher Roddick (parent)
Christopher Shephard (attender of BMM, Educator)
Christopher Weith (alum, 1976)
Christy Sheehan (parent)
Ciaran Cooley (student)
CJ Holm (Brooklyn Monthly Meeting longtime attender, Sandy Spring Friends School alum 2000)
Claire Stohlman (alum, 2018)
Clara Siegmund (alum, 2014)
Clara Wheatley-Schaller (alum)
Clement Zimmer (student)
Connor Kalista (parent)
Conway Boyce (former parent and Board Member)
Cora Daniels-Evans (parent)
Cori Schuman (former (parent)
Cornelia Cooley (parent)
Courtni Clarke (alum)
Cory Meara-Bainbridge (former teacher)
Cosima McConnell (alum, Class of 2017)
Cynthia Yetman (President AFT AMESBURY LOCAL #1033)
Cyrus Hernstadt (alum)
Dakota Benedek (alum, former administrator)
Dale Rohrbaugh (Earlham College alum and Brooklyn resident)
Damian Stanley (friend of former teachers and students)
Dan Schorr (parent of alum)
Dan Smulian (parent)
Dana James (alum)
Daniel Oshima (alum)
Daniel Voloch (former teacher)
Dan Magaziner (parent)
Dana Catharine (former teacher)
Danae Oratowski (parent, former faculty)
Dania Leibowitz (alum, 2019)
Daniel Oshima (alum)
Daniel Shiffman (parent)
Danielle Garson (BFS Lifer/alum)
Dante Pilkington (alumnus, class of 2012)
Daphnee Saget Woodley (alum)
Darlene Clark (State College Friends Meeting, Member, State College, PA)
Dave McMahon (parent)
David Atkin and Susan Homer (parents)
David C. Bloomfield
David Bournas-Ney (former teacher)
David Gallagher (parent)
David Goldberg (grandparent of two alums and one current student)
David Grosgold (parent)
David Neustadt (parent of alum)
David Stewart  (parent)
Dawn Wheatley (former teacher and parent)
DeAngela Cooks (supporter)
Debbie Gerressu (parent)
Debbie M Becker (grandparent)  
Debbie Prince (former parent and teacher)
Debra Schmidt Bach (parent of alum)
Della Hyde (alum, 1976)
Denise Parks (Parent, LS teacher)
Desiree Wichmann (other)
Diana Toole
DK Holland (member, Brooklyn Meeting)
DJ Martin (parent)
Dominic De Martini (alum)
Donnell Wayne Moseley (parent of alum)
Doreen Gallo (parent of Lifer alum)
Dorothy Browne (alum, 1981)
Douglas Wexler (parent)
Duncan Barber (alum)
Dwight Weeks (parent)
Dylan Major (alum, 2012)
Eden M. Volkening-Jeffrey (alum, 2006-2009)
Edisa Weeks (alum)
Edith Bolt (parent of alum)
Eduardo Liz (alum, 2018)
Eduardo Torres (alum, 1995)  
Edward Hernstadt (parent)
Edward Herzman (parent, former teacher, former trustee)
Eli Bishop (Brooklyn Monthly Meeting member)
Eli Edmonds (student)
Eli Mark (parent)
Eli Sidman (alum)
Eileen Bermingham (parent, 2021)
Elinor Hills (alum)
Elisabeth Trissel McKenna (other)
Eliza Anderson (alum)
Eliza Kuberska (other)
Elizabeth Cuprill (former parent)
Elizabeth Ellis (community member)
Elizabeth Estabrook (former parent)
Elizabeth Hovey (other)
Elizabeth Lastique-Farr (parent)  
Elizabeth Fox (alum, Class of 1976)
Elizabeth Grove (alum, 1983)
Elizabeth Seay (parent)
Elizabeth Thornberry Maher (alum)
Elizabeth Twitchell (parent)
Elizabeth Wells (parent of two alums)
Ellen Barker (parent of alum)
Ellen Baxt (community member)
Ellen Cookson (former teacher, former trustee, parent of 3 alums)
Ellen Doyle (community member)
Ellen Friedman (parent)
Ellen Langan (parent)
Eloise Crowley Morehouse (alum, former parent)
Eloise Seda (alum, 2015)
Emily Bernstein former (parent)
Emily Bravo (parent)
Emily J Horcher (parent of alum)
Emily Martin (alum)
Emily Moyer (parent)
Emily Perkowski (former parent, through 2020)
Emily Richardson (other)
Emily Schiller Andrews (alum)
Emma Conroy (alum)
Emma Philip (alum)
Emma Span (parent)  
Emma Sprague (alum)
EmmaGrace Skove-Epes (alum)
Emmitt Sklar (alum)
Emonica Moye (parent)
Erez Mirer (alum)
Eric Chinski (parent)
Eric Cavanaugh (parent)
Eric Sanders (alum)
Erica Chin (parent)
Erich Grosz (parent)
Erika Tobin (parent)
Erin Carden (alum)
Erin Gleason Alvarez (parent)
Erin Kinney (alumna)
Erin Mansur (former teacher)
Esther Nimchinsky (parent)
Ethel Tyus (parent)
Ethan Aneshansley (alum)
Ethan Kim-Logatto (alum, 2020)
Eva Valentin (Kamer) (former employee, and relative of two alums)
Evan Gourvitz and Anne Swan (parents)
Eve Lipkin (student)
Eve Bromberg (alum, Class of 2015)
Fanny Sosenke (former teacher)
Felix H. Wrigley (student)
Fereshteh Toosi (friend of BFS)
Fiona Beswick (alum, 2018)
Fiona Sharp (alum)
Fiona Spruill (parent)
Francine Prose
Frankie Messina (student)  
Fred Mogul (parent)
Freddi Brown-Carter (alum, Class of 1973)
Fredwray Samuels (parent)
Gabriel Roth (parent)
Gale Kaufman and Michael van Biema (parents of alum)
Galen Sherwin (parent)
Gardiner Comfort (alumnus, 1998)
Gedalia Ross (alum)
George Atkin (student)
George Emilio Sanchez (supporter)
George Rush (Quaker, Brooklyn parent, friend of faculty and alums)
Georgeen Theodore (parent)
Gena Treyvus (alum)
Ghyslaine de Souza (parent)
Giancarlo Milea (alum, former colleague)
Giancarlo Vulcano (parent)
Gilbert D Grimmett Jr. (former staff)
Giovanna Molina (alum)
Glenda Johnson (parent)
Gloria Marulanda (parent)
Glynis Cooney (alum)
Grace Freedman (parent of alum)
Grace Morenko (alum)
Greg Maltzman (parent)
Gregory Gittrich (parent)
H. Jon Benjamin (parent)
Hallie Wolff (alumna)
Hannah Bary (alum, 2005)
Hannah Hemmerly (alum)
Hannah Herzman (student)
Hannah Fleury
Hannah Schorr (alum)
Hannah Stern (alum)
Hannah Thompson (friend and sibling of alums)
Harlan Mandel (parent)
Harriet Smith (friend of Alumni)
Harrison Knox (alum)
Harsha Rodrigues (parent)
Helen Kapstein (parent)
Helen Tejeda-Ramos (family friend)
Helen White (parent of alumna)
Helene Benedetti (former parent)
Henna Simmons (former teacher)
Hisoo Kim (parent)
Hope Bond (parent)
Hsi-yun Hsiung (other)
Dr. Hyacinth Foster (former Science Chairperson)
Ian Taylor (parent)
Ibrahim H Shah (alumnus)
Idra Novey (parent)
Ilana Krevit Rugg (alum)
Ilise Reznick (parent)
Ilse Korey (community member)
Imani Hargett (alumna)
Ina Popova (parent)
Irfan Ali (community member)
Isaac Butler (parent)
Isaac Preiss (alum, Class of 2013)
Isabel Barber (alum)
Ivo Wengraf (alum)
Isabel Barber  (alum)
Isabel Honigman (alum)
Isabel Rubin  
Ise Mack (student)
Izzy Finkelstein (alum, 8th grade class of 2005)
Jack Halberstam (parent)
Jack Rubin (other)
Dr Jacob Bloomfield (alum)
Jacob Cohen
Jacob Freedman (alum)
Jacob Ginsberg (alum)
Jacob Morgan (student)
Jacob Reiben (alum)
Jacqueline Berg (parent)
Jacqueline Duval (parent of 3 alumni)
Jade Lichtenstein (student)
Jake Buhler (alum, 2012)
Jake Karr (alum)
Jake Nager (alum)
James Malick (parent)
Jamie Krents (parent)
Jamie Sohn (friend of 2 alum)
Jamila Medley (alum)
Jane Barber (parent, 2 alum)
Jane Holzka (parent of alum)
Jane Lemon (alum)
Janet Crowley (family friend)
Janet McCullough John (grandparent of child in BFS Horizons programs past)
Janet Villas (retired teacher)
Jasmin Singleton (alum)
Jasmyne Lawrence-Hart (student)
Jason Chappell (community member)
Jason Donofrio (parent)
Jason Fry (former parent)
Jason Ledet (parent)
Jason Luna (parent)
JaVita Moreira (alum)
Jay Jaffe (parent)
Jay Schneider (parent)
Jazelyn Montanez (alum)
JB Michel (former parent)
Jean Kim (former teacher)
Jean-Daniel Louis (alum)
Jeff Bartsch (parent)
Jeff Seddon (parent)
Jeff Sherman (parent)
Jeffrey Guyton (Flushing Monthly Meeting)
Jeffrey T. Phillips (parent of alum)
Jen Murray (parent)
Jenine (Abbassi) Chami (alum)
Jenna Goodman (former teacher)
Jennie Price (alum)
Jennifer Eriksen (alum)
Jennifer Hsu (parent)
Jennifer Kupinse (parent)
Jennifer Landry (parent)
Jennifer Zelnick (parent)
Jenny Harkins (alum)
Jenny Omabegho (parent)
Jenny Williams (community member)
Jeremy Hawkins (former teacher)
Jeremy Klein (parent)
Jesse Klausz (former teacher)
Jessica Contreras (Friend of teacher, and fellow NYSAIS teacher)  
Jessica DuLong (parent)
Jessica E. Lee (parent)
Jessica Fleischer-Black (alum, 1986, member of BMM)
Jessica Hamlin (community member)
Jessica Harris (alum‚ 1985)
Jessica Radin (other - fellow educator)  
Jessica van Itallie (parent)
Jill Holder and Eric Guy (parent)
Jill Seligson Braver (parent of alum)
Jill Waldman (former BFS parent and member of Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Jillian Moo-Young (parent)
Jim Morgan (member, BMM; member UAW Local 7902, NYU/New School)
Joan Martin (former director of communications [2005-2020])
Joan Rappaport (former Middle School Head)
Joanie Cameron-Smith (former student)
Joe Austin (parent)
Joe glesta (alum, 2007)
Johanna von Braun (parent)
John Allen (former parent)
John FR Melia (parent)
John Field Hohensee (Member of Brooklyn Friends Meeting)
John French (parent)
John Major (parent of three BFS alums, member of BMM)
John Vielot (alum)
John Whitaker (former teacher)
Johnny Miller (parent)
Jolene Festa (Religious of Friends, Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Jon Oshima (parent)
Jonah Sidman (alum)
Jonah Spivak (parent)  
Jonathan Bach (alum)
Jonathan Busky (parent)
Jonathan Glionna (parent)
Jonathan Lipkin (parent)
Jones Millstone-Rivo (former student)
Jonny Belt (parent)
Jordan Campbell (former teacher)
Joseph Dewees (alum)  
Joseph Gordon (parent)
Joseph Gosler (former business manager of Friends Seminary)
Josh Sessler (parent)
Joshua Lapidus (parent)
Joshua Shelto (alum)
Joy Yi Lu Freund (alum)
JR Agarwala (grandparent)
Judah Benjamin (student)
Judie Samuels (alum, Class of 1979)
Judith Kanter (parent of former teacher)
Julia Bovey (parent)
Julia Greenwald (alum)
Julia Levine (alum)
Julie Scelfo (parent)
Julie Weber (alum, 2000)
Julien Remy (former teacher and dean of students)
Juliet Ramey-Lariviere (alum, 2018)
Juliette Adams (parent)
Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond (alum)
Kachina Mayfield (alum)
Kai Wiley (Mandel student)
Kaley Block (alum)
Kara Canal (parent)
Karen Dobkin (former teacher)
Karen Hughes (parent)
Karen Master Other (Asheville Friends Meeting)
Karen Takane (parent)  
Karima Hassan Hopkins (former faculty)
Karin Kringen (parent)
Kate and Alex Ortolani (parent)
Kate Cassidy (former teacher)
Kate Daloz (parent)
Kate Engle (former teacher)
Kate Tentler (parent)
Katharine Ball (alum)
Katharine Flynn (BK school alum)
Kathleen Mooney (Former Horizons at BFS teacher)
Kathrine Meyers (parent)
Kathy Hartzler (former teacher, librarian, parent)
Katie Bednark (parent)
Katie Chamberlain (alum)
Katie Conroy (alum, 1995-2004)
Katie Kalin (alum)
Katie Murray (parent)  
Katy Baily-Oles (alum of Earlham College and Sandy Spring Friends School)
Katy Hansen (parent)
Katy Haralson (former teacher)
Kendra Blitz (alum)
Kenji Michaud (alum)
Ken Diamondstone (Community Member, BMM long term attender)
Kenneth L. Haydock (alum)
Kerry Ojakian (other)
Keshia Barlow (parent)
Kevin Hendricks (alum, 2006)
Kevin Jones (parent)
Kevin Lapin (parent)
Kevin R. Free (Colleague of Sarah Levy)
Kim Phillips-Fein (alum)
Kimani Paul-Emile (parent)
Kimberley Lionel (alum)
Kimberly Tronolone (alum)
Kirk Pearson (alum)
Kirk Shaudys (other)
Kirsten Cole (member of Brooklyn Monthly Meeting and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education)
Klara Trede (former student)
Koon Wah Gee (alum)
Kristi Jacobson (parent)
Kristin Boyd (parent)
Kristin Holcomb (alum parent)
Kyli Kleven (community member)
Kwasi Konadu and Ronela Austin (parents)
L. Danielle Fennoy (parent)
Ladan Hamidi-Toosi (friend of BFS)
Lahy Amman (alum
Lanis Levy (alum)
Larry Leibowitz (former parent)
Laura Barbiea (community member)
Laura Delano (alum)
Lauren Donner (parent)
Laura Donohue (alum, 2009)
Laura Hulbert (former teacher)
Laura McCann (parent)
Lauren Gardner (concerned citizen; non-BFS teacher)
Laurie Schoenburg (parent)
Laurin Stoler (alum, 1990)
Lawrence Fabian Kaupert (alum)
Leah Thompson (alum)
Lee Arnold (parent)
Lee Barnum (parent)
Lekeia Judge (alum, former Director of alumni)
Len Heisler  (colleague)
Lena Searls-Moye (parent)
Lenore Cooney (parent of alums)
Lesley Peller (former teacher)
Leslie Chasen (parent of alum)
Leslie H. McCarthy (family of alum, member of BMM)
Lila Liebeskind (alum)
Lili Massac (alum)
Lily Boyd (student)
Lily stampfel (alum)
Lily Walker (alum, 2013)
Lincoln Farr (parent)
Linda Clark (Grandparent)
Linda Herman (former teacher, parent of two alums)
Linda Ingerman (parent)  
Linda Rosier (parent)
Lindsay Garea (parent)
Lisa Bruno (former teacher)
Lisa Perlmutter (parent)
Lisa Richland (alumna, previous employee, parent of former student)
Lissa Wolfe (Member Brooklyn Friends Meeting)
Livia and Tom Thompson (parent)
Liya Magaziner (student)
Liz Popalisky (parent)
Liza and Cisco Passade (parents)
Lizzie Berne DeGear (parent)
Lone Bouguennec (student)
Lorraine Woodward Relative of alum
Lori Istok (former teacher)
Louis Segarra (former staff @ BFS/Horizons)
Louise Parker (alum)
Louisa Pregerson (parent)
Louise Tiano (alum)
Lucas Dreamer (new parent)
Lucca Leopardo-Brunt (alum)
Lucie Schwartz  (alum)
Lucy Gallun (parent)
Lucy Hart and Bill Siegmund (parents of alumni)
Lucy Smith (alum 2018)
Luis Gispert (parent)
Luis Umana (alum)
Lydia Fleck (alum)
Lynn S. von Salis (parent of lifers, Member of Brooklyn Meeting, previous member of BFS board, recent member of NYQM board)
Lynn Woods (alum)
Macarena Gomez-Barris (parent)
Maddy Feldman (community member)
Madeleine Campbell (alum)
Madeline Rocco (alum)
Maggie Carson (former employee)
Maggie King (parent, former faculty)
Maggie Mattuchio Flynn (alum family)
Maggie Pouncey and Matt Miller (parents)
Maia Wechsler (parent)
Maisie McAdoo (parent)
Malcolm McKeever (alum)
Manny n Louise Colon (former employee)
Mara Chinelli (Bank Street College of Education)
Marc Finkelstein (parent)
Marcella (Fuchs) Benda (alum, Class of 1988)
Marcelo Sanz (parent)
Marcia Thurmond (parent)
Margaret Grunow (parent)
Margaret King Parent (former staff)
Margarita Alonso (former teacher)
Margie Ann Peterson (parent of alum)
Margot McClendon Pinto (alum, 1979)
Mari Ramirez (former preschool teacher)
Maria Milin (parent)
Maria O. Treglia (parent)
Maribeth Fox-Chmielewski (parent)
Marie-Christine Perry (former teacher)
Marilyn and Jack Spillman (parents of alumni)
Mario Page (alum)
Marisa Sellitti (parent)
Dr. Marlene Munn-Joseph (parent)
Marley Heit (alum)
Marna Herrity (former parent, teacher, and administrator (1983-2019) and member of BMM)
Marne Lenox (parent)
Marta Weber (alum)
Martha Crum (parent of two alumni)
Martin F Kohn (alum, 1962)
Martina Meijer (other)
Martin Moore (former teacher, former trustee)
Mary Ann Baily (member, Brooklyn Monthly Mtg; parent of graduate of Sandy Spring FS, Earlham Coll)
Mary Hempel (alum, 2006)
Mathew Kennedy (alum, 2003)
Matthew and Iris Cohen  (parents)  
Matthew K. Morgan (parent)
Matthew Prince (parent)
Matilda Margolis (student)
Maura McGloin (parent of alum, 2011)
Maureen Holtz (parent)
Maurice Chen (alum)
Maurice D. Coleman (Class of 1985)
Max Nager (alum)
Max O'Donnell (parent)
Max Ponomareff (parent)
Max Scherzer (alum, 2000-2011)
Maxine Simons (alum, class of 2019)
Maya Holtham (alum, 2020)
Maya Kaul 2015 (alum)
Maya Lydia Bushell (alum, Class of 2016)
Maya Wiley (parent)
McKenna Schneider (alum)
Meagan Crowley-Hsu (parent)
Megan Fischer-Werner (alum)
Megan Messina  (parent)  
Meghan Henry (student, Class of 2022)
Melanie Greenberg (parent)
Melina Gac Levin (former teacher)
Melisa Bell Reinhart (parent)
Melissa Cavanaugh (parent)
Melissa Joy Manning (parent)
Melissa Poitevien (alum, 1998)
Melissa Ponce-Rodas (Ponce) (alum)
melissa rocha (other)
Michael and Nancy Black (parents of two lifers)
Michael B. (parent of former student)
Michael Cassaday and Jerusha Klemperer (parents)
Michael Congdon (alum)
Michael D Goldhaber (parent)
Michael Freedman (parent of two alums)
Michael John Barlow (alum)
Michael Kabot (former faculty)
Michael Kamal (former parent)
Michael R. Johnson (clerk Upstate Friends, SC)
Michael Roebuck (parent)
Michael Roth Former (teacher)
Michael Steed (parent)
Michael Tuminello
Michaela Guy (alum)
Michaela Whiting Santiago (alum)‘94
Micah Magaziner (student)
Michelle A. McDermott-Murphy (past BFS teacher, 1994-2001)
Michelle Li (alumna)
Mie Kurahara (alum)
Milly Berman (alum, 2020)
mira belkinsessler (student)
Mira Goldhaber (student)
Miranda Chang (alumna, Class of 2018)
Miranda Lichtenstein (parent)
Miranda von Salis (alumna, BMM Member)
Miriam Gentile (alum)
Miriam Levitt (alum)
Miriam Stanford-Cusack (community member)
Mitchell Markson (alum)
Molly Glass (alum, 2007)  
Molly Rosenbloom (Alum, 2018)
Molly small (parent)  
Molly Smith (alum 2015)
Molly Spindel Flomer (parent)
Molly Winter (parent of alum and former teacher)
Monica Youn (parent)
Morgan Rosen (alum)
Nancy Woodruff (parent)
Naomi Edmondson (alumna)
Nat Efrat-Henrici (alum, 2017)
Nat Ives (parent)
Natalie Grybauskas (alum)
Natalie Thielen (Helper Brooklyn resident and Friend)
Natalka Burian (parent)
Natalka Freeland (parent)
Natasha Chandani (parent)
Nathalie Sommer and Howard Levitt (parents)
Nathan Levy  (student, class of 1977)
Neeya Hamed (student)
Nia Lowe (alum)
Niamh Henchy (alum)
Nichol Alexander (parent)
Nicholas Arons (parent)
Nicole Adriano  (alum)  
Nicole De Martini (parent)
Nicole Lawrence (parent)
Nicole Tuminello
Nikki Sanditen (parent)
Niko Bushell (alum)
Nikolas Wada (parent)
Nina Allen (parent of 2 BFS alums)
Nina Haskins (student)
Nina Ryser (alum)
Noa Buchalter  (alum, 2019)  
Noah M. Mintz (neighbor)
Noah Yaffe (parent)
Noel Capozzalo (tutor of BFS student)
Nona Ventry (grandparent)
Nora Neustadt (alum)
Nurit Newman (teacher)
Octavia Figueroa (Wallace) (alum)
Oliver Fein, MD (parent of 2 alums)
Oliver Stewart (alum)
Olivia Jacobs (alum, 2012)
Olivia Parnell (alum)
Orson Chansler (alum)  
Othniel Harris  (parent)
Otis Hatfield (alum, Class 2015)
Otto Moran (Alum)
Palmer Johnston (parent)
Pamela Wood (Member Morningside Quaker Meeting)
Pascale Setbon (parent)Peter Rothberg (parent, alum)
Patricia Driscoll
Patrick Cassidy (former faculty)
Patrick R. Hof, MD (parent)
Patrick Robbins (alum)
Paul Eckstein (alum)
Paul Parkhill (parent)
Paul Romano (former teacher)
Paul Sharp (alum)
Paul Silverman (alum)
Paula Bordelois (former parent at BFS)
Paula Lee Poy (parent)
Peachy Levy (friend)
Peta-Gaye Grey (former kindergarten teacher)
Peter Laughter (alum, former parent, former board member)
Peter Orbach (alum)
Peter Rothberg (parent, alum)
Philippa Gordon MD (former parent)
Phillip Koblence (parent)
Phyllis Belkin  (parent)
Polly Smail (parent)
Priscilla Smith and Carol Henderson (parents: BFS US '18 (lifer); BFS MS '19)
Rachel Braver (alum, class of 2002)
Rachel Churner (parent)
Rachel Fishman (alum)
Rachel Halper (community member)
Rachel Maurer (alum, 1975-1987)
Rachel Moody (former teacher)
Rachel Quitkin (former parent)
Racquel Goodison (community member)
Raechel Adams (parent)
Rafa Maciejak (alum)
Raina Sutton (alum)
Randy Frankel (parent of BFS Alum and member Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Raphael Norman-Tenazas (alum, 2014)
Raul Larco (parent)
Raul Rothblatt (community member)
Rebecca Chianese Scarpati
Rebecca Givan (community member)
Rebecca Grenham (alum, 2012)  
Rebecca Habel (parent)
Rebecca McMackin (parent and Quaker meeting attender)
Rebecca Morrissey (alum and former teacher)
Rebecca Simon (alum)
Rebecca Stewart (parent)
Rebecca Stein (alum)
Reginald Bishop (former maintenance staff)
Renato Leni (student)
Rene Hart (parent)
Renee Rallo (community member)
Renee Sherman (friend of BFS teacher)
Richard Begelman (former teacher)
Richard Hempel (alum)
Richard Levine (father of BFS grad and retired NYC public school teacher)
Richard Vecchio (Alum '82)
Richie Barshay (former teacher)
Ripton Rosen (alum)
Rita Bobry (grandparent)
Robbin Slade (parent of alum)
Robert Ellis (community member)
Robert Fox (alum, 1975)
Robert Green (community member)
Robert McPeek (parent)
Robert Renwick (former BMM member, Morningside member, NYQM)
Robert W. Snyder (community member)
Dr. Roberto Joseph (parent)
Roberto Leni (parent)
Robin Stewart (former colleague)
Robyn Marasco (parent)
Romy Cohen (parent)
Romy Smith (alum)
Ronit Prince (parent, former teacher)
Rosa Graham (student
Rosa Jaffe-Geffner (alum)
Rosalind Major (alum, 2014)
Rose MacLean (former PE teacher)
Rosy Clark (public school teacher)
Roz Sommer (former teacher)
Rush Perez (alum, Class of 2005)
Ruth D. Mitchell (parent of alum)
Ruth Genn (parent)
Sabrina De Martini (alum)
Sabrina Crimmins (supporter)
Sabrina Ellis (Community Member/prospective parent)
Sabrina Rodriguez (parent)
Sachi Feris (former teacher)
Sage Gordon (alum)
Sam Ehrlich (alum, 2020)
Sam Horowitz (alum, 2016)
Samantha Liebeskind (alum, 2015)
Samantha Morgan (parent)
Samantha Rees (alum)
Sami Disu (community member)
Samuel Francis (alum)
Sandy Maltzman (parent)
Sandy Siedler (parent)  
Sara Niccoli (Religious Society of Friends, Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Sara Silberman (parent)
Sara Vasiliou (parents)
Sarah Alexander (parent)
Sarah Botstein (parent)
Sarah Burns (parent)
Sarah Feigelson (former teacher)
Sarah Henschel (alum)
Sarah Johnston (parent)
Sarah Jones (student)
Sarah Lenin (parent)
Sarah Levy (parent)
Sarah Murray (alum, 2014)
Sarah Weeks (parent)
Sascha Roker (alum, 2006)
Sasha Silverstein (other)
Sava Kruszewska (student)
Savitha Reddy (parent)  
Scott Fischer (parent)
Scott Wolfson  (parent)
Sean Bye (attender, Brooklyn MM Member, London West AM.)
Sean Gullette (parent)
Senca Springer (parent)
Seth Congdon (alumni, 1988-2001)
Seth Silverton (alum, 1983)
Shaheen Knox (alum, parent)
Shari Lee Cancel (former preschool teacher)
Sharon Koblence (parent)
Shelby Johnson
Sheldon Weeks (alum, 1949)
Shelly Agarwala (parent)
Sherry Giles (parent of alum)
Sherry L. Kassel (alum)
Sherry Samuels (parent)
Shoshana Wolfe and Tim Waugh (former faculty and parents of two lifers)
Simone Jelks-Bandison (other)
Sinae Lee  
Sonia Levine (alum)
Sonja Neill Turner (parent)
Soone Cham-Taylor (parent)
Sophia Lipkin (alum, class of 2018)
Sophia Nash (student)
Sophia Sanz (student)
Sophie Adelman (alum, 2014)
Spencer Morenko (alum, 2012)
Staceyann Chin (parent)
Stacey Goldman-Laughter (former teacher and former parent)
Staver (alum)
Stefan Grybauskas (alum)
Stefan Pepe (parent)
Stephanie Freeman (alum)
Stefano Merlo (parent)
Stephen Munn (other)
Steve Rivo and Jessica Millstone (parents)
Sue Wolfe (Member of the Society of Friends)  
Sunu Chandy (Parent of alum)
Sunyoo Kim (parent)
Susan Ferugio (Parent of former student)
Susan Freedman (Member Quaker Meeting of Melbourne, SEYM, Earlham C. Alum)
Susan Greenstein (Lower School Art Specialist)
Susan Palm (Member, Brooklyn Monthly Meeting)
Susan Price (alum 1986, former employee: dir. of alumni and school historian)
Suzanne Michelle (parent of alum, 2005)
Sydnie Mosley (Community Member, Guest Artist 2018)
Sylve Rosen (alum)
Sylvia Precht-Rodriguez (alum)
Sylvie Freedman (alum)
Tad Hills (parent)
Tali Woodward (parent)
Talia Kantor Lieber (former student)
Tamar Gressel (alum)
Tanya Agathocleous (parent)
Tanya Friedman  
Tara Clifford (parent)
Tara Consi (parent)
Tara Greenway-Leibowitz (former parent (2007-2019), Bkln Friends Mtg member, former BFS Board member)
Tara Satahoo Bonnick (alum)
Tasnim Azad (NYC teacher, supporter)  
Taunya Black (former parent, teacher and administrator)
Terence Keegan (parent)
Teresa Lopez-Castro (parent)
Terese Cunningham (parent)
Terry Kung (parent)
Tessa Resta-Flarer (former second grade teacher)
Theodore Eagle (alum, 2004-2013)
Theresa Cirnigliaro (parent of alum)
Thomas Chamberlain (alum)
Thomas H McQuiston (Quaker Unionist)
Thorne Clark (Community Member)
Ticia Vreeland (retired teacher)
Tierney Melia (alum)
Tim Headley (parent)
Timothy J. Wheelock (alum, 2004-2013)
Timothy Scott Johnson (partner of an alum)
Tina Dubois (parent)
Tobias Armborst (parent)
Tom and Sharon Kennedy (parents of 3 alums and former board member)
Tony DeGear (parent)
Torrey and Rachel Maldonado (parents)
Tosan Omabegho (parent)
Tracey Hirsch Heckel (alum 1985)
Tracey Wells (parent)
Travis Merritt (former US science teacher)
Trefor Davies (former parent, teacher, and administrator)
Trina McKeever (former parent)
Tu Harris (parent)
Tyler Ellis (parent)
Ursula Anderson (former student)
Vanessa De Riggs (former teacher)
Vanessa Diaz (parent)
Vladimir Malukoff (US History)
Victoria Santiago (alum, Class of 2013)
Vicky Vossen (parent of alum)
Vishnu Seesahai (parent)
Vivien Labaton (parent)
Vivienne Freund (parent of alum)
Volana Rakotomihamina (alum)
Wade Black (alumnus, former Trustee, former parent)
Walter Naegle (other)
Wendy Hooker  (alumna)
Wendy Smith (alumna, 1974)
Whitney Bernard (alum, 2004)
Will Congdon (alum, 1992 – 2005)
Will Popalisky (alum)
Will Tesdell (alumnus‚ 2007)
Willa Rubin (alum, 2012)
Willa Valentino (student)
William John Burton (parent of alum)
William Popalisky (parent)
William Wrigley (parent and NYC public school teacher)
Willow O’Feral (community member)
Wilson Goode (alum)
Xavier Gordon student
Yuki Furui (former Japanese teacher)
Yvette Pasqua (parent)
Zain O’Neal (alum)
Zenzile Keither (former parent and teacher)
Zev glesta (alum, 2007)
Ziad Jamaleddine (parent)
Zoe Hilden (parent)
Zoe Salaam (student)
Zoe Winters (supporter)
and anonymous (parent; student; alum, 1994-2005)


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LETTER FROM BFS COLLEAGUES AND UNION REPS TO BFS FAMILIES

Dear Brooklyn Friends Families,

BFS teachers, office staff, cafeteria and maintenance workers were shocked to receive the news that Crissy and the Board of Trustees are seeking to dismantle our union and to permanently deny us the right to organize as employees of BFS. We realize that many of you might not be aware that the union represents so many BFS workers. Having a comprehensive union that represented as many members of BFS was a priority, reflecting the Quaker values of community and equality. In May 2019, the union was voted in by a vast majority. Since then, a negotiating committee was elected and worked to negotiate a first contract–even agreeing, in light of the pandemic, to pivot to a simplified one-year contract. Several weeks ago, the union negotiated around the clock to ensure severance packages, recall rights and essential benefits for laid-off and reduced employees. The union held several information sessions for affected workers and our general membership, providing clarity, support, and information for our members as they navigated this difficult time. We are dismayed that at a moment when families and school employees all over the country are facing stress and uncertainty about returning to school, Crissy and the Board would seek to further disrupt our community and remove our protected labor rights. We have sent the following letter to Crissy and the Board urging them to withdraw their petition and return to the bargaining table. Please support us by sending your own letters to Crissy (ccaceres@brooklynfriends.org) and the Board (bfsboard@brooklynfriends.org) to ask them to do the same. You can copy us at bfsunion@2110uaw.org.

Thank you for your support.
Claudia Lewis (PS Afterschool)
Fadwa Abbas (US English)
Jesse Phillips-Fein (MS/US Dance)
Jonathan Edmonds (LS Math)
Laura Hulbert (LS Learning Specialist)
Margaret Trissel (MS Humanities)
Matthew Presto (MS Math)
Myriam Juarbe (LS Spanish)
Rachel Mazor (MS/US English)
Sarah Adelman (LS Learning Specialist)
Sarah Gordon (LS Head Teacher)



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OPEN LETTER FROM BFS COLLEAGUES TO CRISSY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

(Versión en español a continuación)
Dear Crissy and Members of the Board of Trustees,

We are writing as teachers, office workers, and cafeteria and maintenance staff to express our deep dismay about your petition to decertify our union. In 2019, when we petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to have a union election, the Board of Trustees wrote that it recognized our “democratic right to organize.” That you would now question that right based on a reactionary Trump-dominated Labor Board precedent is unconscionable. Standing behind a policy that unfairly restricts the rights of workers to unionize, serves to delegitimize the school’s legacy of integrity and social justice. At a time when our country is ravaged by a pandemic, jeopardizing lives and livelihoods, it is shameful and bewildering that BFS would attempt to destroy its own employees’ union rights.

In the last few weeks, our union worked incredibly hard to reach an agreement with the School over its stated need for layoffs and reductions. In good faith, we made painful compromises in the name of the survival of the School, not knowing that you were pursuing legal action to erode our ability to represent ourselves through collective bargaining. Contrary to what you stated in your letter to BFS colleagues and families, the union is not a “third party.” We are the union. We organized ourselves in order to effectively advocate for all of us to have workplace rights, fair pay, and healthy and safe working conditions.

For the good of the School, its relationship with its employees, and its standing in the broader community, we strongly urge you to withdraw your petition immediately and return promptly to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair contract.

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Estimados Crissy y miembros de la Junta Directiva:

Les escribimos de parte de nuestros maestros, personal de oficinas, empleados de cafetería y personal de mantenimiento, para expresar nuestra profunda consternación por su petición de anular la certificación de nuestro sindicato. En 2019, cuando solicitamos a la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales una petición para que tuviésemos una elección sindical, la Junta Directiva de BFS escribió que reconocía nuestro "derecho democrático a organizarnos como sindicato". Que ahora cuestionen ese derecho basado en un precedente reaccionario con la Junta Laboral, dominado por Trump, es inconcebible. Respaldar una política que restringe injustamente los derechos de los trabajadores a sindicalizarse sirve para deslegitimar el legado de integridad y justicia social de la Escuela. En un momento en que nuestro país está siendo devastado por una pandemia, que pone en peligro vidas y maneras de sobrevivir, es vergonzoso y desconcertante que BFS intente destruir los derechos sindicales de sus propios empleados.

En las últimas semanas, nuestro sindicato ha trabajado arduamente para llegar a un acuerdo con la Escuela sobre la necesidad declarada de despidos y reducciones. De buena fe hicimos concesiones dolorosas en nombre de la supervivencia de la Escuela, sin saber que estaban procediendo con acciones legales para corroer nuestra capacidad de representarnos, a nosotros mismos, mediante la negociación colectiva. Al contrario de lo que declararon en su carta a los colegas y familias de BFS, el sindicato no es un "tercero". Somos el sindicato. Nos organizamos para abogar eficazmente, para que todos tengamos: derechos en nuestro lugar de trabajo, un salario justo y condiciones de trabajo sanas y seguras.

Por el bien de la Escuela, su relación con sus empleados y su posición en la comunidad en general, les recomendamos encarecidamente que retiren su petición de inmediato y regresen a la mesa de negociaciones para negociar un contrato justo.