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They're opening it up on Daniel Low Terrace.
As it happens, there already *is* an elementary school on Daniel Low Terrace, or right nearby. That's PS 16. It's, uh, it's not a long street.
I'm glad they're starting new elementary schools in this area. It's long overdue - people have been complaining all over the city about a need for new kindergartens for years! That's why Ana and Evangeline are in their school, actually - it was opened in part to handle overflow from another school over by Snug Harbor.
Unfortunately, that's kinda the problem. The same kids who started this push for new elementary schools, the oldest of them are in the third grade now, or the fourth. How long is it going to take the city to build new middle schools, new high schools? Curtis High School, for example, is at 156% of capacity. How much worse will it be in another few years? The class size at IS 61 is currently 33 students. The year after I left, they added more classes per grade. How much worse will it be when these kids hit the 6th grade?
Of course, you tell people, and they kinda nod, but they don't do anything until their kids are in the crowded classrooms, and then it's all a big surprise. Wow, who could've POSSIBLY seen this coming?
*headdesk*
Well, with any luck we'll have a new school - and NOT the one that opened up by the Mall, that's a hellish commute - by the time Ana's in the 6th grade.
As it happens, there already *is* an elementary school on Daniel Low Terrace, or right nearby. That's PS 16. It's, uh, it's not a long street.
I'm glad they're starting new elementary schools in this area. It's long overdue - people have been complaining all over the city about a need for new kindergartens for years! That's why Ana and Evangeline are in their school, actually - it was opened in part to handle overflow from another school over by Snug Harbor.
Unfortunately, that's kinda the problem. The same kids who started this push for new elementary schools, the oldest of them are in the third grade now, or the fourth. How long is it going to take the city to build new middle schools, new high schools? Curtis High School, for example, is at 156% of capacity. How much worse will it be in another few years? The class size at IS 61 is currently 33 students. The year after I left, they added more classes per grade. How much worse will it be when these kids hit the 6th grade?
Of course, you tell people, and they kinda nod, but they don't do anything until their kids are in the crowded classrooms, and then it's all a big surprise. Wow, who could've POSSIBLY seen this coming?
*headdesk*
Well, with any luck we'll have a new school - and NOT the one that opened up by the Mall, that's a hellish commute - by the time Ana's in the 6th grade.
