There are posts on various online local parents list-servs about tonight’s rally to protest the closing of Middle School 571, Upper Bergen School AND/OR to protest the co-location of a Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School in the same building as P.S. 9.
On the Fort Green Kids List, Stephanie posts:
Rally 5:00 pm
Public Hearing 6:00 pm
PS 9 is located at 80 Underhill Ave.
“Come out and support one of our best public schools against the Department of Education’s arbitrary decisions that make no sense. They want to put a third school in the same building as PS 9 severely restricting access to the library, gym, schoolyard and cafeteria. The DOE wants to cap Pre-K at 54 students which is an absurdly low number for the area’s baby boom.”
In the process of putting together this simple “passing the info along” post, I found out that the Parents Association Board of another PS 9, in Manhattan on 84th street, has also recently drafted a resolution in opposition to the co-location of a charter school this one named: Success Academy.
FYI: Public schools must accept and educate all comers. Charter schools are allowed to limit the size and composition of their student body through application processes including lotteries.
Are we meant to select AND/OR hope for winning lottery tickets to get our children into schools on the open market based on some sort of pseudo-preppy logo, allure or street appeal in a manner similar to the way in which we decide which among the multitude of delis and coffee shops to frequent?