Community open house on Friday

Please tell friends and neighbors that Ms. D'Avilar will be discussing the school's curriculum, instruction and enrichment activities tomorrow.

When: 9:15 a.m. - 11:15
Where: The Auditorium

Please Attend P.S. 9 Co-location Hearing this Friday, May 13

The Dept. of Education, the Panel on Educational Policy (PEP) and SUNY Charter Schools Institute are seeking public comments on the DOE's proposed co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School in the building where P.S. 9 resides.

We strongly encourage P.S. 9 families and community members to speak at the public hearing, and to send written and oral comments to the DOE and PEP.

- Please Attend: DOE Public Hearing, this Friday, May 13, 6:00 pm (sign up to speak at 5:30 pm) in the P.S. 9 Auditorium at 80 Underhill Avenue (between St. Marks and Bergen).

- Email comments to: D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov, panel@schools.nyc.gov (sample letter below)

- Submit oral comments at: 212-374-0208 (sample script below)

- Attend the PEP hearing & vote at 6:00 pm on Wed, May 18 at Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway, Queens, NY, 11106. Sign-up to speak at 5:30 pm. UFT will provide buses from P.S. 9 to the hearing - to reserve a place on the bus, contact Laura Jaffe at lljaffe@hotmail.com or 917/673-2157.

- Sign the online petition to support P.S. 9’s grade expansion

Thank you!

The P.S. 9 Parent Advisory Council


*** SAMPLE EMAIL TEXT ***

Email To: D13Proposals@schools.nyc.gov, panel@schools.nyc.gov

Subject: P.S. 9 comments re: proposed Brooklyn East Collegiate co-location

Dear Mr. Taylor and the PEP:

I am writing to express my opposition to the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter school in building K009, where P.S. 9 Teunis G. Bergen Elementary School currently resides.

Despite the New York State Education Commissioner’s March 31 annulment of the PEP vote on this co-location, the DOE has submitted amended documents to proceed with the co-location. As with the original documents deemed illegal by the Commissioner, the DOE’s amended documents were prepared without consultation with P.S. 9 and still contain critical inaccuracies and errors. If approved again, the co-location would severely harm the learning environment of elementary school students at P.S. 9 and would stunt the progress of a thriving community school.

In addition, P.S. 9 has submitted an application to the DOE to expand to a pre-K through Grade 8 school, which is currently under review by the DOE.

As an inclusive elementary school and an anchor of the vibrant, diverse community of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and surrounding neighborhoods, P.S. 9 has the vision and capability to grow into a successful middle school that would give P.S. 9 graduates a strong neighborhood middle school option while serving the needs of the District 13 community.

I support P.S. 9’s efforts to expand into a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 school, and I oppose the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate in building K009.

I urge the DOE and the PEP to halt the co-location process, and let P.S. 9 grow!

Sincerely,

[your name here]

***SAMPLE PHONE SCRIPT*** Submit your oral comments to: 212-374-0208

Hello, I’m calling to express my opposition to the co-location of Brooklyn East Collegiate in building K009, where the P.S. 9 elementary school resides. If approved, the co-location would severely harm the learning environment of elementary school students at P.S. 9 and would stunt the progress of a thriving community school. In addition, P.S. 9 has submitted an application to the DOE to expand to a pre-K through Grade 8 school, which is currently under review by the DOE. I support P.S. 9’s efforts to expand into a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 school, and I urge the DOE and the PEP to halt the co-location process, and let P.S. 9 grow! Thank you.

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