Saturday, May 15, 2010

Stella Maris to become home to charter school

From the Daily News:

The politically connected Queens charter school that held classes in drab trailers with no playground, lab or gym is finally moving into a real building.

Following a Daily News investigation earlier this year, Peninsula Preparatory Charter School officials announced they'll move into a Catholic school building five miles away this fall.

The space will become available because Stella Maris High School is closing.

The announcement marks the end for the 67-year-old, all-girls Stella Maris High School, which will close its doors because of declining enrollment and a looming budget deficit. School officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.

"I'm all for charter schools, and it's nice they're moving out of the trailers into a beautiful building," said Theresa McCann, a 1978 Stella Maris graduate. "But it's a tragedy that the high school won't exist."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

We don't need to spend money on charter schools if Klein and the teachers unions had the GUTS to demand students learn to read, write and speak ENGLISH...not ghetto.

90+% of inmates speak ghetto...shouldn't that be a BIG HINT?

NYC Educator said...

It's remarkable they can find space for a charter when Queens High Schools are short 33,000 seats. It speaks volumes about the priorities of this administration.

David M. Quintana said...

This is kind of a one-sided article...two pro charter comments, zero anti-charter (pro-public schools) comments...

Mort Zuckerman and the NYDN are shills for the charter school movement the Bloom/Klein regime...

NYC Educator - Don't the public schools still have enough unused/empty halls, bathrooms and closets to teach the kids in..? You teachers always complaining (snark)...

NYC Educator said...

We're running low, to tell you the truth. But knowing that Geoffrey Canada is getting a 100-million dollar building makes the trailers feel like they're gonna be home for a long, long time.