Or perhaps not so sweeping… We are concerned about setting a precedent of approaching integration via the “sub-districts” used by the School Construction Authority for capital planning. No school-integration advocate in NYC to our knowledge has ever recommended planning for any geography smaller than the community school district. Even if this were merely a standard rezoning for PS 32, opportunities at the adjacent school zones for PS 118 and PS 124 should at a minimum be considered – both of which have the majority of their land area in the so-called sub-district 3 (their buildings lie in sub-district 2 (barely)). The nearby zones for PS 39 and PS 321 should be also considered.
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