Bronx Students Scramble To Find School
Parents are stunned to find their children shut out of the Bronx Early College Academy due to building size accommodation.
New York City’s Department of Education said in a letter to parents that it could not find a building big enough to house the increasing number of students. A department representative said that splitting the school in two is one of the proposed solutions.
Parents and teachers have said the academy has been struggling due to a shortage of resources, support and leadership, reported the New York Post.
The academy opened in 2006 for students in grades sixth and seventh and was to expand this year to include grades up to twelfth. Officials expect to reopen the school for its first class of ninth graders in 2009, but parents are doubtful.
In the meantime, the department has recommended that eighth-graders apply to other schools.
A part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Early College Initiative, the Bronx academy was created to prepare middle-school students for college courses by earning course credits through advance placement. The school is supported by the City University of New York and partnered with Lehman College.
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