Rally Against Bronx Science Principal, This Time By Students and Alumni
“BS Deserves Better,” said a sign at a rally outside of the Bronx High School of Science, one of the city’s most storied high schools that has been at war with itself for years over the pedagogical policies of its principal, Valerie J. Reidy.
On Thursday, roughly two dozen current students and recent alumni gathered on the field across from the school’s entrance to protest the school’s high rate of teacher turnover and what they perceive as a marked shift in the quality of classroom instruction.
It was not the first time students took action against their school’s administration; in 2008 between 150 and 200students staged a walkout demanding the principal’s firing.
Noah Morrison, a junior at Bronx Science, said he was frustrated with the “standardization” of teaching at the