My school is closing.
For 14 years our school has been able to meet the needs of some of the most difficult students in Brooklyn. We've had excellent results.
So why are we closing?
We don't serve enough VOLUME.
So, keeping a school open which helps 150 students a year do better than anyone had ever predicted is not worth the Dept of Education's time.
Go figure.
More later. Right now, I'm just furious.
Don't worry about me. They will place all the teachers somewhere else.
But there will be NO NIGHT PROGRAM for the students to transfer to.
And this was done after moving our school to a dangerous neighborhood, forcing our students to be searched every night as they entered the school, forcing the staff to do all sorts of what we now know was MEANINGLESS paperwork.
The worst part is, the kids who succeeded with us did better than they ever expected.
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