At brief public hearing on moving schools to base of B15 tower, general enthusiasm. Comments welcome by Feb. 26, before vote. Neighbors' questions will persist.
So I checked out the public hearing Jan. 22 for the proposed re-siting of two schools to what was once expected to be I.S. 653, the building at the base of 662 Pacific Street (aka B15).
That move, which would also include space for a small program for middle-school students with special needs, would happen in September 2024, assuming approval by schools officials. And that seems on its way.
The online hearing lasted less than an hour and was pretty low-key. About 50 people attended, at least a third of them representatives of the Department of Education, the schools, or associated entities.
Those who spoke, including school officials, saluted the plan as bringing more resources and equity for the students,
That may well be true, and the plan does have backing from public officials.
The Department of Education (DOE) now sees the 806-seat K653 it as not just a solution to a small, crowded existing intermediate school (M.S. 915; Bridges: a School of Exploration and Equity) in Downtown Brooklyn, but more so the permanent home of the new Design Works High School, which for its launch was temporarily sited into a Downtown Brooklyn space intended for an elementary school.
That move, which would also include space for a small program for middle-school students with special needs, would happen in September 2024, assuming approval by schools officials. And that seems on its way.
The online hearing lasted less than an hour and was pretty low-key. About 50 people attended, at least a third of them representatives of the Department of Education, the schools, or associated entities.
Those who spoke, including school officials, saluted the plan as bringing more resources and equity for the students,
That may well be true, and the plan does have backing from public officials.
More comments, approval process
Additional public comments maybe submitted before 6 pm on Feb. 26 via voicemail at 212-374-0208 or emailing D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov.
Those comments will be included in the Public Comment Analysis, to be made available on the DOE website after 6 pm on Feb. 26.
The proposals must be approved by the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) on Feb. 27, in a meeting at 6 p.m. at Prospect Heights Educational Campus, at 883 Classon Avenue. Online access to the meeting will open up at 5:30 pm.
Speaker sign-up in-person will run from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Neighborhood questions
Additional public comments maybe submitted before 6 pm on Feb. 26 via voicemail at 212-374-0208 or emailing D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov.
Those comments will be included in the Public Comment Analysis, to be made available on the DOE website after 6 pm on Feb. 26.
The proposals must be approved by the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) on Feb. 27, in a meeting at 6 p.m. at Prospect Heights Educational Campus, at 883 Classon Avenue. Online access to the meeting will open up at 5:30 pm.
Speaker sign-up in-person will run from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Neighborhood questions
Presumably residents nearby the school want to know more about plans for drop-offs, exit, and teacher/staff parking.
At the periodic--previously bi-monthly--Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Quality of Life meetings, locals had been promised a presentation by the Department of Education prior to the school opening.
So that could happen closer to the time the school opens.
At the periodic--previously bi-monthly--Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Quality of Life meetings, locals had been promised a presentation by the Department of Education prior to the school opening.
So that could happen closer to the time the school opens.
Also, as I wrote, given the previously expectation that the new school space would mitigate a deficit in seats caused by the new Atlantic Yards population, this new plan raises questions about where, when, and how school capacity would be bolstered if and when the project--seven or eight more towers and more than 3,200 apartments--is completed.
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