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August 22, 2008

Law High on Adams Gets Ready for School

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The Urban Assembly High School for Law and Justice's new building, at 283 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn, will be ready for students come the first day of classes, September 2nd. According to a June, 2008 update on the Inside Schools Web site: "Joining SLJ at the new location will be the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women and K369P, a District 75 school. The Khalil Gibran International Academy will take SLJ's place at PS 287." Anybody sending their kids here?
Development Watch: Law High School in Order on Adams [Brownstoner]
Closing Bell: Adams St. High School Aiming for '08 Opening [Brownstoner]




Posted by lisa at 10:53 AM | Comments (9)
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Previous entries on this project have acknowledged that this structure is not a "new building," but is an extensive renovation (with a rooftop addition) of the old Family Court building.

Posted by: AdrianLesher at August 22, 2008 11:15 AM

Looks great

Posted by: 11217 at August 22, 2008 11:23 AM

Adrian, "new" is being used the way I have described all of the cars I have owned, as in 'new to me.'

Posted by: altervoce at August 22, 2008 11:33 AM

Pretty snazzy school. Wouldn't it be nice if all schools in the city were this nice? The school with a "theme" is a really interesting thing about this city. I wonder how "successful" that model is.... I mean, take away all of the NYC schools' themes and/or focuses and I wonder how that would affect "general academic performance."

And yes - that's a big squishy topic... Sorry. :-) Not really after a discussion of the merits of various versions of school assessment (NCLB and "report cards" etc.), just intrigued by the "theme" schools. Not sure if these exist in many other places, as public schools.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 22, 2008 11:44 AM

Caliber of BX Sci, Stuy and BK Tech?

Posted by: DOW8000SP800 at August 22, 2008 12:17 PM

fabulous

Posted by: BrooklynLove at August 22, 2008 12:31 PM

how many feet away is this school from all the violent criminals, child-molesters,etc in all those court buildings?

Posted by: Petebklyn at August 22, 2008 4:15 PM

Tybur,
Gates Foundation is funding themed small schools across the country.

So far, like Charters there is no evidence to suggest that they out perform regular "factory style" high schools.

But, the re-calibrated progress reports come out in September.. we'll see.

11218

Posted by: Brooklyn11218 at August 23, 2008 8:23 AM

At college prep level, I think themed schools do a bit of a dis-service. On a trade/skill level, themed schools make the transition to work easier.

However, the problem becomes who belongs in prep courses and who belongs in trade/skill courses.

Posted by: slick at August 23, 2008 3:30 PM

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