http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 20:17:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-765836 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:40:46 +0000 Ridonkulous 765836@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Two years later, would be curious to hear feedback about PS 316 from parents. How are things there these days? I understand there's a new principal. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722699 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:42:23 +0000 dailyheights 722699@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Nofay / everyone else - let's keep it on topic. If this digression continues, I'll delete the posts.</p> <p>In terms of, "why is there no board covering XYZ neighborhood" - if you have a genuine interest in supporting a board for those neighborhoods - rather than simply complaining about the lack of such boards - then we are awaiting a constructive dialogue on those issues. But you'll need to post a new topic on the Site Issues board. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722681 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:23 +0000 nofay 722681@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Whynot, all the white neighbourhoods are covered. Every last little one. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722676 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:39:08 +0000 whynot_31 722676@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Nofray-<br /> It's a big internet, consisting of tiny parts....</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=canarsie+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g-v1&amp;aql=&amp;oq=" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;q=canarsie+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g-v1&amp;aql=&amp;oq=</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22east+new+york%22+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g-v1&amp;aql=&amp;oq=" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22east+new+york%22+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g-v1&amp;aql=&amp;oq=</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22brownsville%22+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g1g-c1g-v4&amp;aql=&amp;oq=" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22brownsville%22+blog&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g1g-c1g-v4&amp;aql=&amp;oq=</a></p> <p>....it is doubtful any website could ever cover the many neighborhoods of Brooklyn.</p> <p>...lets stay on the topic of PS 316. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722675 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:28:41 +0000 booklaw 722675@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>In which of those neighborhoods do you live? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722658 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 07:11:49 +0000 nofay 722658@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Where is the outrage over PS 114 in Canarsie? Where is the Canarsie board on this website? Where is the East New York board? Where is the Brownsville board? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-722636 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:43:28 +0000 ak217 722636@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>RALLY to SAVE PS316, and PS9 in Brooklyn! This Saturday, Jan.29th</p> <p>From Letitia James office:</p> <p>NYC Council Member Letitia James, along with Parents, Students, Public Officials, and Advocates Rally against DOE Proposed Phase-Out of M.S. 571 and Co-Locations of Charter Schools at P.S. 9/M.S. 571 and P.S. 316/M.S.353 – Protest this Saturday, January 29th at 1:00 PM in the Basement of Duryea Presbyterian Church - 362 Sterling Place</p> <p>Last Month, the DOE released the Educational Impact Statement proposing the phase-out of M.S. 571 - The Bergen Upper School and a re-siting and co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School in the 13K009 building- The DOE claims M.S. 571 “lacks the capacity to turn around” and there’s a need of high-quality options in school district 13. Much like P.S. 316 and M.S. 353, the DOE is not allowing the possible expansion and growth of P.S. 9.</p> <p>The community knows each of these schools was never given the chance to succeed and grow. We demand that chance! </p> <p>WHAT: Rally against proposed DOE Phase-Out of M.S. 571 and co-locations of charter schools</p> <p>WHEN: Saturday, January 29, at 1:00 PM</p> <p>WHERE: Duryea Presbyterian Church - 362 Sterling Place (corner of Underhill Avenue), Prospect Heights, Brooklyn - (718)783-2451 </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721851 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:31:40 +0000 vaportrail 721851@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Please email this letter or your own letter to Marc Sternberg at <a href="mailto:MSternberg@schools.nyc.gov">MSternberg@schools.nyc.gov</a> and <a href="mailto:D17Proposals@schools.nyc.gov">D17Proposals@schools.nyc.gov</a>. </p> <p>Also, please reach out to Eric Adams, Hakeem Jefferies and let Latisha James know that you support her efforts! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721827 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:35:37 +0000 ak217 721827@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I've uploaded the response from Letitia James's Office. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721824 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:12:17 +0000 ntfool 721824@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Aaand there's the wife. Wow, 4 posts in 3.5 years! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721769 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:00:18 +0000 rickyrae 721769@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Thanks so much for the awesome letter. Just sent it to Mr. Nolan. I will also be sending the above letter w/a few changes to the other representatives. My daughter is in Pre-K there &amp; I love it! She loves her art &amp; music class as well as the teachers and to think that these classes might be taken away is really disturbing! </p> <p>I was at the school today and was told that Latisha James is setting up a Press Conference in regards to this, as soon as I hear something I'll post it here. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721736 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:42:18 +0000 ntfool 721736@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Nice! My wife was at the meeting on Tuesday night... she has been an active member of the PTA since our daughter started attending Pre-K there this past September. It will be interesting/frustrating to see how this plays out. Certainly not happy about the charter school idea being floated (or the alternative solutions floated as well, such as the addition of older, "problem" students from elsewhere in the district).</p> <p>Incidentally, if anyone wants it, below is the info on where to send grievances to:</p> <p>Latisha James(City Councilwomen):<br /> E-mail: <a href="mailto:ljames@council.nyc.gov">ljames@council.nyc.gov</a><br /> Office phone number: 718-260-9191<br /> Office Address: 67 Hanson Pl.<br /> Ground Floor<br /> Brooklyn, NY 11217</p> <p>Eric Adams (State Senator):<br /> E-mail: <a href="mailto:eadams@senate.state.ny.us">eadams@senate.state.ny.us</a><br /> Office phone number: 718-284-4700<br /> Office Address: 572 Flatbush Ave.<br /> Brooklyn, NY 11225</p> <p>Hakeem Jeffries(State Representative):<br /> website to contact him: <a href="http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=057&amp;sh=contact" rel="nofollow">http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=057&amp;sh=contact</a><br /> Office phone number: 718-596-0100<br /> Office Address: 55 Hanson Pl.<br /> Brooklyn, NY 11217</p> <p>Yvette Clark(US Representative):<br /> website to contact her: <a href="http://clarke.house.gov/contact/contact-us-form.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://clarke.house.gov/contact/contact-us-form.shtml</a><br /> Office phone number: 718-287-1142<br /> Office address: 123 Linden Blvd. (4th Floor)<br /> 4th Floor Ste. 200<br /> Brooklyn, NY 11226 </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/save-ps316-please-e-mail-local-politicians-and-doe-officials#post-721708 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:30:18 +0000 ak217 721708@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Dear Mr. Nolan,<br /> <a href="mailto:mnolan6@schools.nyc.gov">mnolan6@schools.nyc.gov</a></p> <p>I am writing to you to express my opposition to the proposed plan to co-locate a charter school in 17K316 located at 50 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238. I am a prospective parent of PS316, my zoned elementary school. After meeting the principal and touring the school in December, I was thrilled at the prospect of sending my daughter there next year. Since 2008, PS316 has clearly demonstrated positive change and growth measured by a variety of standards, including those of the NYC DOE, which awarded PS 316 an A for the past 2 years. Several independent public school review organizations have reviewed the school very positively.</p> <p>While I am a firm believer that the NYC public school system can benefit greatly by including charter schools among the options available to children and parents, the co-location of a charter school should not sacrifice a successful program in a rapidly expanding public school. In the case of building K316, co-location will undermine the quality of one of the best public school choices in District 17 and decrease the learning opportunities and student achievement at all of the schools forced to share the building. Co-location will crowd out the innovative science, music, art and drama enrichment programs held in the school’s cluster rooms. These results run counter to the DOE’s own stated reasons for the establishment of charter schools.</p> <p>Please don’t eviscerate this bright spot in District 17. Placing a charter school in building K316 will strip away the very things that have made this school such an extraordinary success in the past 3 years and one of very, very few good choices for District 17 parents. Co-location will take away vital – indeed critical - spaces needed for the schools to comply with state mandates, and the very things (art, music and science) that make prospective parents like me want to send their children to the their own neighborhood zoned school.</p> <p>The neighborhood surrounding Elijah Stroud School is changing rapidly. There is a large network of prospective parents and a large number of children in the pipeline in the zone for PS316. PS316 has already exceeded its expected enrollment for this year by 20%. MS353 was only recently listed as a district wide middle school choice program, so it is likely to see a sharp uptick in enrollment also. The potential for continued rapid growth of PS316 and MS353 seems to carry little or no weight in the DOE calculations regarding utilization of space. At the very least the DOE should delay this proposal for 2 years and watch what happens with the enrollment of the schools currently housed in building K316. Please, let this successful school grow.</p> <p>Additionally, I must question the methodology used to designate the building as underutilized by 300+ seats. The formula used to arrive at such a determination has been criticized by Class Size Matters for a host of reasons including it’s failure to align with the target class sizes set by the New York City’s class size reduction plan. In short the remedy for underutilization, when implemented, overcrowds our schools. This is certainly the case PS316 and MS 353 where the number of students the K316 building should serve is calculated to be far higher than it really is if your goal is to actually educate those students. Furthermore, the number of students enrolled in the school used by Portfolio Planning to make its determination of underutilization is significantly lower than the actual number currently enrolled. Therefore the 300+ seat vacancy needed to trigger this process is dubious at best. The designation is further flawed, as I have already noted, by the calculation of future enrollment without any regard for the reality on the ground in the neighborhood. PS316 and K353 will, without a doubt, experience an enrollment spike in the next 2-5 years.</p> <p>I understand the scarcity of space problem that faces the New York City DOE, but “efficient” use of space is a false economy if it results in the deficient education of our children. A school such as PS316 that is succeeding so phenomenally in an underperforming school district will quickly fill to capacity and needs some space to grow. To co-locate another school at PS 316 will choke off its success, and prevent its growth. I cannot think of anything more counterproductive for District 17.</p> <p>Please stop the co-location plan for 17K316. My sincere thanks for your consideration of this matter, </p>