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Friday, January 8, 2010

Uncharted territory: Success Academy riles another Harlem school with plans to move in next fall


Uncharted territory: Success Academy riles another Harlem school with plans to move in next fall:

"Just months after Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy II had movers break locks off doors to squeeze the charter into a Harlem public school, the charter is slated to move into another unwilling school next fall, the Daily News has learned.

With tensions still simmering at Public School 123 after the charter took over precious classroom space there, parents at the charter's new proposed home - PS 30 in East Harlem - also are worried about losing space and resources.

'This is a good school,' said Whit Scitio, whose daughter Destiny, 9, and son Devin, 5, go to PS30. 'We have a lot of things for our children here. They do"