PS 9 Co-Location: Another Missed Opportunity by the DOE
by Katie O’Hare
“You can’t make a decision, then say you are giving a space for feedback because that’s really false democracy…it’s such a missed opportunity.”
-PS 9 Parent Advocate Committee (PAC) member Ivana Espinet
On July 20th, the NY State Education Department dismissed an appeal filed by parents at PS 9 in Brooklyn against the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School (BECCS) in their building. It looks like BECCS will be moving in while MS 571 phases out, but that doesn’t mean the larger push for co-location reform