To Close a School - A Decision Rooted in Data, but Colored by Nuance
On a recent December morning, a trio of education higher-ups arrived unannounced in the principal’s office at Public School 90 in the Bronx. The school would be gradually shut down, they told the principal, Patricia West. Incredulous, Ms. West, who has been at P.S. 90’s helm for six years, asked them to repeat themselves.
“I knew we had to improve, but I was shocked,” she said. “It’s like being told you are arrested and you go to jail. ...
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the public school attended by my grandson, who's with me daily after school, which is both small in numbers and in a low-income n'hood, was failing in state tests (Virginia). so the county gave it a new principal , poured more resources into it to lower class size, offer gifted and other resources, including arts, and transformed it into a wonderful place where all staff know all students and nurture and mold each one and, it no longer fails.