Some parent groups are pushing to keep Aviles

A growing chorus of New York City families are pushing Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to keep schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos in place when he takes office in January to avoid a leadership shakeup in the middle of the school year.

“Families across this city deserve stability, experienced leadership and continuity during this critical transition,” members of the Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council, which includes dozens of parent leaders across the city, wrote in a recent letter to Mamdani . “Removing [Aviles-Ramos] would create unnecessary disruption and weaken the progress underway.”

A separate group of local parent leaders are planning to send a similar letter this week.

Ever since New York City’s mayor won control of the school system more than two decades ago, each incoming m