Frank McCourt High School Educational Impact Statement
I. Date, time and place of public hearing for this proposal. December 8, 2009 at 6:00pm 145 W 84th Street, Manhattan There will be no question and answer period. Speaker sign-up will begin 30 minutes before the hearing and will close 15 minutes after the start.
II. Description of the subject and purpose of the proposed item under consideration Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, Frank McCourt, a new school that will serve grades 9-12 when fully phased-in, will be located in school building M470 (hereinafter referred to as "M470"). M470 is located in Community School District 3 ("District 3") at 145 W 84th Street, Manhattan. The building currently houses four schools: Louis D. Brandeis High School (03M470, "Brandeis"), The Global Learning Collaborative (03M403, "GLC"), Innovation Diploma Plus (03M404, "IDP"), and The Urban Assembly School For Green Careers (03M402, "Green Careers"). Brandeis is in its first year of phasing-out and will continue a gradual phase-out until the 2011-2012 school year when it will officially close. The other three schools currently in M470 are all in their first year of operation. GLC and Green Careers currently serve grade 9 and will add one grade per year until they reach grades 9-12 configuration. IDP is a transfer school serving grades 9-12; it will continue to serve grades 9-12. M470 has a capacity of 2374 and its current utilization rate is 95%. M470 has sufficient space for Brandeis, GLC, IDP, Green Careers, and Frank McCourt to operate at full organizational capacity. In its first year of operation, Frank McCourt will serve grade 9. The school will then add one additional grade each year until 2013-2014 when the addition of grade 12 completes the grade span of the school. This proposal addresses the need to provide access to a high quality, new selective high school, and to increase the number of available high school seats in Manhattan.
III. Information regarding where the full text of the proposed item may be obtained The Educational Impact Statement can be found on the Department of Education website: http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/default.htm
IV. Submission of public comment Written comments can be sent to HS.Proposals@schools.nyc.gov. Oral comments can be left at 718-935-4414.
V. Date, time and place of the PEP meeting at which the Board will vote on the proposed item. December 17, 2009 6:00pm New World High School 921 East 228th Street, Bronx VI. The name, office, address, email and telephone number of the city district representative, knowledgeable on the item under consideration, from whom information may be obtained concerning the item Name: Kim Wong Office: Office of Portfolio Planning Address: 52 Chambers St 52 Chambers Street Room 320 New York, NY 10007 Telephone: 212-374-0209 Fax: 212-374-5588 Email: Portfolio@schools.nyc.gov Phone: 212-374-5049
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