Sunset Park Finally Getting Its Own High School
When the school year begins on September 9th, Sunset Parkers will be cheering. Why? Because after more than three decades, they’ll finally have a high school to call their own. As the Daily News pointed out in an article last February, discussions about the school began four decades ago but were derailed by fiscal problems…
When the school year begins on September 9th, Sunset Parkers will be cheering. Why? Because after more than three decades, they’ll finally have a high school to call their own. As the Daily News pointed out in an article last February, discussions about the school began four decades ago but were derailed by fiscal problems of the 1970s. Construction on the 1,500-seat school, which will be focused on three tracks–performing and visual arts; health and human services, and business and entrepreneurship–finally began in 2006. GMAP
“Building looks nice to me. Classic black brick. Nice punch of yellow around the large windows. Beats the crap out of most of new construction I see.” Thanks, DitmasSnark – although that doesn’t take much on 4th Ave.
“What exactly were you expecting on the ground floor of a school…a head shop and babeland…?”
Huh??? so those are the options to streetwall?
to excel in public school is not some big race privilege, it’s about desire to success. public school in this country aint that hard so one doesn’t have to be a genius to do well. It’s all about desire / effort. There’s a sizeable immigrant population in this area and I’m pretty sure the immigrant kids want to succeed in school. To build a nice school in a hood with a huge demand for the school, I say that’s $$$ well spent.
Love that, Ditto.
But I think you could end the sentence after the 4th word actually.
Rob is not happy that the taxes he’s not paying are going to others and on schools.
The specialized high schools use only one factor for admissions–the test. It’s not an easy test by any means. There’s a sample in this booklet:
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D6C3C010-DD6B-4B04-BFFB-3A9C240F27C9/0/SHSAT_Hndbk_0809_toDOE.pdf
The first sample test starts on page 26.
anybody who thinks NYC public schools are no good should try to get an education from rural Va schools. NYC is practically Exeter as far as I’m concerned.
I think its ridiculous to oppose spending and funding for public schools. better educated kids = good for everyone.
What? No Chuck E. Cheeze?
Don’t forget the methadone clinic.
My sister-in-law just finished tutoring summer school for math Regents & got really, seriously depressed. She said the highest marks were in the mid-40s but they put the grades on a curve so the kids could be thought to have passed their Regents. That kind of lowered expectation on the part of the educational system is what’s destroying all schooling in this country.