To Satisfy KIPP Space Demands DOE Takes Building to 120% of Capacity
Our March 23rd meeting marked the end of the Panel for Educational Policy’s winter residence at Brooklyn Tech HS in Fort Greene. The bulk of the agenda was devoted to co-location of charter schools in Board of Ed facilities:
Girls Prep Charter Co-Location
After last year’s vote to expand Girls Prep middle school in M088 was found to be unlawful by State Education Commissioner Steiner, the DOE found space being vacated by the closing Ross Global Academy Charter School. This solution and was supported by CEC in District 1. The resolution passed unanimously.
East Harlem Scholars Charter School in Jackie Robinson Complex (M013)
This was a difficult vote for me as the after-school program creating the charter, East Harlem Tutorial, is well
