Worries About Success Academy Opening in Cobble Hill
The planned opening of the charter school Success Academy Cobble Hill isn’t sitting well with a number of parents, according to the Eagle, and the school is holding a meeting this weekend to address their concerns. Some parents don’t want an existing public school to have to share space with the charter. There are also…
The planned opening of the charter school Success Academy Cobble Hill isn’t sitting well with a number of parents, according to the Eagle, and the school is holding a meeting this weekend to address their concerns. Some parents don’t want an existing public school to have to share space with the charter. There are also allegations that the charter network and its founder, Eva Moskowitz, gamed the system in getting the school approved for District 15 because an application was originally submitted to open it in District 13 (which includes Bed-Stuy, Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights). Jim Devor, parent and president of the governing body for District 15, offers this opinion: “They deliberately misled SUNY [State University of New York] trustees and regulators into believing they were helping children in need when their true agenda is to create a beachhead in Brownstone Brooklyn.” Devor also said that District 15, which includes Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill and Park Slope, is in need of middle and high schools rather than another elementary school. Meanwhile, a parent who sends her kid to PS 32 in District 15 recently had an item on Patch about how a Success Academy colocation in PS 32’s building would lead to overcrowding “in the parks and other public areas after school.” The informational meeting this weekend is taking place on Saturday at noon at the Carroll Gardens Public Library, 396 Clinton Street.
Controversial Cobble Hill Charter School Raising Eyebrows [Eagle]
New Charter School in the Works for Cobble/Boerum Area [Brownstoner]
I wonder whether there will be enough room for actual D15 if Eva busses in her followers in their brightly colored matching T-shirts.
Funny, that when the 700 unit Toll Brothers project was a go on the canal one of the issues that arose was school space. Toll Brothers submitted projected enrollment numbers obtained from the DOE that there was plenty of room. Marty concurred. The new school being built on 4th Ave. was also specifically mentioned as an option to alleviate over-crowding.
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I wonder whether there will be enough room for actual D15 if Eva busses in her followers in their brightly colored matching T-shirts.
Funny, that when the 700 unit Toll Brothers project was a go on the canal one of the issues that arose was school space. Toll Brothers submitted projected enrollment numbers obtained from the DOE that there was plenty of room. Marty concurred. The new school being built on 4th Ave. was also specifically mentioned as an option to alleviate over-crowding.
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