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:
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?
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.
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)...
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.
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