When we last left the grownups involved in the attempt to block the Ross Global Academy Charter School from using space inside the elite NEST+M public school on the Lower East side, the NEST principal was claiming she didn't care if she got fired for her obstruction attempts, and questioning whether an aide to Chancellor Joel Klein was qualified to clean her toilet.

The Chalkboard fielded some complaints for referring to NEST+M as a school for white kids. Perhaps "boys and girls of privilege" would have been more appropriate. (An aside: The Chalkboard's oldest son, who is white and privileged, applied to NEST+M for middle school but was informed earlier this week that he had not been accepted.)

The Independent, a newspaper that serves tony East Hampton, where the Ross Institute is housed, is reporting that NEST+M parents are planning an upcoming protest of the charter school in the Hamptons. The article doesn't mention whether the parents will be traveling from Manhattan for the charter school protest, or merely including the protest in their regular Hampton's Spring Break plans.

Isn't there a way to work this out so that all kids (whether they are poor and just got here from another country, or whether their nannies are poor and just got here from another country) have more quality public school options?