Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 PTA Meeting On Tuesday - Are RI Kids Avoiding This School?
There will be a General Meeting of Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) on Tuesday, December 9 at 6PM in the school's cafeteria.
The New York City Department of Education progress report grade for Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 for the 2007-08 school year was a C. According to the report:- This school's overall score for 2007-08 is 47.4
- This score places the School in the 25 percentile of all K-8 schools Citywide–i.e., 25 percent of those schools scored lower than this school
- This school did not meet its improvement target from last year
A Roosevelt Island parent shares at least one opinion on the state of PS/IS 217:
It seems like every time I talk to a parent they are all trying to figure out how they are going to get their children out of the school. I am amazed at how many students here on RI do not go to PS 217. Kids attending private schools while living in gov sub housing (how/why is this possible?). Kids attending schools in manhattan with "borrowed" addresses. Kids being home schooled. It is sad. If everyone chose to have their children attend PS 217 we would have an excellent school.There may be much to discuss at the PTA meeting.
Unfortunately, attending a PTA meeting makes you realize how dysfunctional the school is, and how much work it would take to get it where it should be. For me, it is easier (stress-wise) to home school my kids, than to spend a year trying to "fix" the school like I did last year. For some reason there are people who defend the school to no end, but the reality is that if your child is advanced there is no opportunity for them at that school. It is unfortunate that the principal is anti-G&T programs.
I have come to conclude that the only way for the school to truly dig itself out of its current situation is to:
A. Have an administrative change. Clean sweep.
B. Have all faculty re-interview for their current positions
C. Instate a G&T program
1 comments :
I know this is an old post, but I just came across it. Along with a couple of other parents, I circulated a petition requesting the DOE put a G&T in 217 for the fall of 2008. We did so because we saw how many Island families were taking their kids off-island for K because they had no faith in the school.I think the principal blocked it. At least, she was not receptive when I met with her.
Regarding people in public housing sending their children to private school. Many of them receive financial aid from the private schools. There is nothing wrong with that.
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