More Info on Charter School Coming to Gowanus
Late last year there was word that Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, which is currently located in Sunset Park High School, would be building a new facility on Douglass Street between 3rd Avenue and Nevins, and that’s been confirmed by a lease agreement that was recently recorded in public records for the properties at 182 and…
Late last year there was word that Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, which is currently located in Sunset Park High School, would be building a new facility on Douglass Street between 3rd Avenue and Nevins, and that’s been confirmed by a lease agreement that was recently recorded in public records for the properties at 182 and 188 3rd Avenue and 267 Douglass Street. The school’s website, meanwhile, says that it’s in search of an interim location for next year. (Controversial plans to temporarily occupy space at P.S. 32 were recently withdrawn.) It seems to be the case that the warehouse on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Douglass is going to be torn down to make make way for the schohtol, since its owner just got a permit to demolish the building. As of Monday, though, there was no visible construction or demolition under way on the block.
Charter School Expanding to Gowanus [Brownstoner] GMAP
i have no idea how they are paying rent. could be with public per capita student dollars, could be with private funding. i don’t have a problem with this. charters get special treatment and have special flexibilities, and in some cases have a lot more money to spend. assuming there is some level of transparency into, and fair method of assessment of a charter’s financial management and educational quality, a parent can make an informed choice to send his kid to said charter or not. of course, that assumption is highly questionable at this point, and those are some of the things i take issue with.
“the school probably didn’t buy anything. the lease money pays for the reconstruction, which is done to the specs of the school based on what must be a very long-term lease. original owner keeps the land and the building, and i’d imagine both parties draw comfort from the fact that the charter is publicly financed and apparently popular, assuring its funding and longevity.â€
You aren’t disagreeing with my point that dollars allocated to students are being used to pay rent – and that sucks.
the school probably didn’t buy anything. the lease money pays for the reconstruction, which is done to the specs of the school based on what must be a very long-term lease. original owner keeps the land and the building, and i’d imagine both parties draw comfort from the fact that the charter is publicly financed and apparently popular, assuring its funding and longevity.
househunt – what is happening is that the term “public school” is being rendered sort of meaningless. kind of like “public hospital.” focusing on terminology doesn’t really advance the cause, in my view. we should be focusing on honestly addressing the needs that gave rise to the charter movement, rationally assessing the possible long-term consequences of too-rapid charter proliferation, and fairly defining our eduactional priorities with a view to long-term advances. unfortunately, we live in a “winner take all” moment in politics, and i don’t see this happening anytime soon.
“Charter schools in New York City get slightly less government funding per pupil than traditional public schools when the charter school is located in a public school building, and 18 percent less per student when the charter rents private space, according to a study released Wednesday by the city’s Independent Budget Office.â€
So not only do students in charter schools located in private space get less tax dollars, part of their allocation has to go to paying monthly rent on the building. Seems like a bad choice.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/charter-schools-get-less-money-per-student-study-says/
househunt: spot on!
*rob*
This charter school has become very hot among the aspiring classes of Slopers and Cobble Hillers and the like — those who have enough dough to send their kids to private but want to feel in touch with the masses so they go public, but not quite. They’d send their offspring to G&T programs, but cannot get in and so dismiss them as “elitist.” Meanwhile, these charter schools are not only NOT public but drain vital resources from the real public schools and undermine teacher unions. It’s times like these that I prefer the straight up of the GOP.
“ground rent finances the constructionâ€
So the school is getting the land for free? That’s nice of the seller.
charter schools are a joke and an even bigger joke on the tax payers. it’s the same stupid children that attend NYC public schools that attend charter schools. it just makes parents feel a slight bit better about themselves. it’s like people who go to catholic school. (dumbest kids ever)
*rob*
ground rent finances the construction
there would be WAY more charters if there was real estate
this tenant has been looking for three or more years
you want charters, you gotta pay rent
NFW this school is ready in 2013 …..