UPDATE: portions of this map were revised before the vote, see this post for PS321/39/new school boundaries. This map is accurate only for 107/10 changes.
October 17, 2012
Courtesy of the DOE, this is the Rezoning Proposal for District 15 in Brooklyn
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Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/QZpPKS
Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/QZpPKS
October 17, 2012: At the District 15 CEC (Community Education Council) meeting tonight, the DOE’s Office of Portfolio Management presented to the public its rezoning proposal for District 15. Schools directly affected by the proposed rezoning would be: 39, 10, 107, and 321, and a brand new school planned to be located in the St. Thomas Aquinas building on 4th Ave at 8th Street. Also discussed were the newly expanding 133 (returning to a new building on Butler Place in fall of 2013) which will have a small zone plus be a school of choice for District 13 and District 15 (admission priorities still tbd). CEC president Jim Devor also brought up the CEC’s strong interest in ensuring diversity measures for 133 as well possible adjustments to the boundaries between 32 and 58 to alleviate crowding at 58, and reverting The Brooklyn New School to be a District 15-only school (currently they accept students throughout Brooklyn without regard to district). He also said their position is that rezoning happens so infrequently (there have been no rezonings in D15 in past 8+ years) that all of the these issues need to be addressed at this time, and will not be approved piecemeal. Any and all changes to zone lines MUST be approved by a vote of the CEC. Procedurally, that vote must happen within 45 days from now. The District 15 CEC is a body of up to 9 volunteer District 15 parents (who go through an election process) plus two political appointees.
At the meeting 3 sets of contact information were given for parents to give additional feedback on the proposal in coming weeks:
• Community Superintendent Anita Skop, ASkop@schools.nyc.gov, (718) 935-4317
• The Community Education Council (CEC) for District 15, cec15@schools.nyc.gov
• The DOE/Office of Portfolio Management, emails will be read daily: brooklynzoning@schools.nyc.gov, subject line: District 15 rezoning
NEW: the DOE’s official proposal (presented as a PowerPoint at the meeting)
Watch our Zonings & Updates page for additional summary to come …
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The e-mail above for “Brooklyn Zoning” is wrong. The e-mail should end in “.gov” – the correct e-mail is brooklynzoning@schools.nyc.gov
Thank you for the correction!
Get in touch with the CEC and tell them to vote against the District 15 zoning change
PH:718-935-4267
Email: CEC15@schools.nyc.gov
They are:
John Battis
Romaine Smith
Valerie Price Ervin
Naila Caicedo
Janet AnnMarie Williams
Lisa Nelson-Rivera
Rachel Porter
Laura Wechsler
Edward Rodriguez Esq.
Mark Kolman
Thanks for the update!
I just wanted some clarification on the zoning proposal for 15th Street and 8th avenue. What do those zig-zag lines mean? Is it that only one side of the block is zoned for 107 and the other for 10?
When a line goes straight down a block, half the block goes to one zone, half goes to the other. When they “tent” (zig zag) those lines it is meant to show that *both* sides of the block go to the same zone (the one to the inside of the zigzag). So in the case of 15th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue, the proposal is to make the north side of the street part of PS 10 just like the south side already is zoned for PS 10. People having their zone changed may understandably have concerns about this. I offer this to think about: in the abstract (i.e. longer term picture) making both sides of the street zoned for the same school is really good for the community of that block. When the kids across the street go to a different school, there is less of a community.
Just to clarify your comment – “So in the case of 15th Street between 7th and the Park, the proposal is to make the north side of the street part of PS 10 just like the south side already is zoned for PS 10″ – That split is presently true for 15th Street between 7th and 8th, but all of 15th between 8th and the Park is presently zoned for 107. Ultimately, the long-term community benefit you noted may still be applicable from this proposed rezoning for that block, but it is a more substantial change than you indicated in that it flips the entire block to another school, rather than just half the block.
Quite right, I’ve corrected it. Thank you.
I am unclear as to which side of the street on 7th Avenue north of 13th would be rezoned to P.S. 10. It’s hard to tell from the map. Thank you so much.
Kelli
According to the DOE’s proposal map, the side of 7th Ave closer to the park would remain in 107 and the opposite side of 7th Ave would go to PS 10 (a change for the blocks between 11th and 14th).