Success proposes to dominate NYCs charter landscape (Capital New York - July 23, 2014) #Harlem Education News: Success Academy Charter Schools, Melissa Mark-Viverito EXCERPT: Success’ application insists that the schools have had a positive impact on the public schools they share space with, despite long-term protest from many district school leaders that Success schools siphon resources away from district schools. “Success has seen positive culture shifts in existing public schools in which Success Academy schools co-locate,” the application reads. There are 950 public and non-public schools in the 14 school districts where Success is hoping to open schools. “It is not expected that the proposed schools will significantly impact the admissions or enrollment” at those schools, the application reads. Success’ critics have argued that new, co-located Success schools can cause overcrowding and other problems in local district schools. By way of example, the application points to one Harlem district school co-located with a Success school has started posting college flags in school hallways, based on a Success practice. Another Success principal in the Bronx has begun advising the local district school principal on instructional practices, the application reads. 290 people from 70 different organizations, including the Department of Education, visited Success schools in the last academic year, according to the application. Success staffers also sent 281 letters to “community stakeholders” in June, informing them of the proposed expansion, in order to fill the SUNY requirement that prospective schools solicit extensive community feedback. The network received dozens of requests for more information from elected officials, including 16 councilmembers including Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, a longtime charter school critic, along with borough presidents Eric Adams and Ruben Diaz Jr. and 12 state Assemblymembers. According to the application, Success representatives are in contact with staffers for the electeds.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:59:42 +0000
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