Schools slated for closure, merger or truncation and co-located charter schools

Feb. 28, 2018

During yesterday’s City Council hearings on Renewal schools, in response to a question from CM Alicka Samuels, Laura Feijoo of DOE underestimated the number of schools co-located with charter schools that DOE now proposes to close, merge or truncate. Of these 19 schools, 12 are co-located with charter schools, as listed below.

 

Nine Renewal Schools to be closed; six co-located with charter schools (in Bold)

P.S. 50 Vito Marcantonio (Manhattan, District 4) – Co-located with New York Center for Autism Charter School and Dream Charter School

Coalition School for Social Change (Manhattan, District 4)- Co-located with Harlem Village Academy Leadership Charter School

High School for Health Careers and Sciences (Manhattan, District 6)- Not co-located with a charter

New Explorers High School (Bronx, District 7)- Co-located with KIPP Academy Charter School

Urban Science Academy (Bronx, District 9)- Co-located with Success Academy Charter School Bronx 3

P.S. 92 Bronx School (Bronx, District 12)- Not co-located with a charter

Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School (Brooklyn, District 23)- Co-located with Achievement First Brownsville

P.S./M.S. 42 R. Vernam (Queens, District 27)- Not co-located with a charter

M.S. 53 Brian Piccolo (Queens, District 27) Co-located with Success Academy Far Rockaway

 

 

Five Non- Renewal schools to be closed; two co-located with charter schools (in Bold)

KAPPA IV (Manhattan, District 5)- Not co-located with a charter

Academy for Social Action (Manhattan, District 5)- Co-located with Success Academy Charter School North West

Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute (Bronx, District 8)- Not co-located with a charter

Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation (Bronx, District 12)- Not co-located with a charter

PS 25 Eubie Blake School (Brooklyn, District 16)- Co-located with Success Academy Bed-Stuy 3

 

Four schools to be merged (both Renewal and non-Renewal); three co-located with charter schools (in Bold)

Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community (Renewal) (Bronx, District 8), becoming part of Longwood Preparatory Academy (Renewal) – Not co-located with a charter

Entrada Academy (Renewal) (Bronx, District 12) into Accion Academy- Entrada Academy is Co-located with South Bronx Classical Charter School and the New York Center for Autism Charter School Bronx, Accion Academy is the prevailing school

Middle School of Marketing and Legal Studies (Brooklyn, District 18) into East Flatbush Community and Research School (Renewal)- Both are Co-located with Kings Elementary School (Uncommon Schools)

Middle school grades of Gregory Jocko Jackson School (Renewal)(Brooklyn, District 23) into Brownsville Collaborative Middle School – Gregory Jocko Jackson is co-located with Leadership Prep Brownsville Charter, Brownsville Collaborative is the prevailing school

 

One school truncation, co-located with charter school (in Bold)

Wadleigh Secondary School for The Performing Visual Arts (Renewal) (Manhattan, District 3) will no longer serve middle school students. It will start a plan “to transform Wadleigh into one of New York City’s top audition arts high schools,” according to the city.   Co-located with Success Academy Charter School Harlem I