Mayor's schools set students up for failure when it comes to college preparation, but more graduate
Thursday, October 27th 2011, 4:00 AM
Schools founded by the Bloomberg administration are failing to prepare students for college, performing worse than older schools at a key new measure, a Daily News analysis has found.
The 135 Bloomberg-founded high schools that don't screen applicants for grades or attendance earn higher marks for graduating students on time, though.
On average, the new schools graduate roughly 70% of students in four years. But just 12% of students who graduate are prepared for college.
In contrast, similar schools founded before Mayor Bloomberg assumed office graduate on average 64% of students - but 17% are college-ready.
Students must score at least a 75 on the English Regents test and an 80 on the math test to be considered college-ready.
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Brooklyn high school locks down four toilets, leaving only one available for 634 students
Thursday, October 27th 2011, 4:00 AM
When you gotta go, you gotta go, but it's not that easy for the 634 students at a downtown Brooklyn high school.
For the past month a single toilet inside the nurse's office at Science Skills Center High School was the only one open, forcing students to endure bladder-busting waits whenever nature called.
The school wasn't at a loss for loos, though. Administrators kept four other fully operable bathrooms locked up to prevent kids from misbehaving and getting violent in them, according to staff and students.
Only after the Daily News inquired Wednesday about the lack of latrines did administrators open two other bathrooms.
Kianna Cole, 16, an 11th-grader from Mill Basin, said having to use the filthy toilet in the
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