they : 3 definitions
- NYC Dept. of Education
- Region 6
- high schools
the mold : 3 definitions
- The Brooklyn Comprehensive Night HS (22K585)
- the platonic ideal form of transfer high school
- the original concept or format of a transfer high school
Well, "they" are about to "break the mold" and close our school with a 1-semester warning. Why? What "they" tell us -- low attendance -- makes no sense in the context of...
1) LACK OF SUBWAY ACCESS to our relocation site (our 3rd "host")
As a transfer school, we attract students from all over Brooklyn and the rest of the city, especially because we offer classes at night. Many work during the day. To stay attractive we have to make it easy to attend, and that means being located within walking distance of a subway station. By removing us from subway access -- by moving us out of our well-located but overcrowded host building in Sept. 2005 -- the DOE deciders had an obligation to place us near a transit hub. Instead, someone in the recent Region 6 at the Dept. of Education guaranteed a steep decline in our attendance beginning in Sept. of 2006.
2) LACK OF OPPORTUNITY TO AVERT ATTENDANCE DECLINE ($, time)
June 2005 - Staff informed of mandatory relocation, hurried to pack. No time or money for staff retreat, to anticipate and respond to challenges such as attendance. Sept. 2005 - School opened in new facility. Jan. 2006 - Longtime visionary Principal retired. Childhood friend of Region 6 LIS became Principal from ranking Assistant Principal position.Dec. 2006 - Staff informed that the school would close.
3) BCNHS' PASSING SCORE ON THE BRAND NEW QUALITY REVIEW.
If low attendance is what they are telling us,
what are they not telling us?
