Do You Think Brooklyn School for Global Studies Should Close?

The New York City Department of Education is proposing to close (15K429), located at 284 Baltic Street between Court and Smith Streets, in building K293 at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.

A public hearing on the closure has been scheduled at the school for Monday, April 2 at 5:30 p.m. 

15K429 currently serves students in grades six through 12 for District 15. It shares the building with the , an existing district secondary school for students in six through 12 grade, and PS 368, a special-education program serving nine through 12 grade students with autism.

The K293 buiding was also  with controversial public charter school . 

Should the proposal be approved, the DOE will immediately replace Brooklyn School for Global Studies with New School (15K497), a district secondary school that will serve students in grades six through twelve in K293.

In that instance, all current Global Studies students who have not graduated before the start of the 2012-2013 school year will be guaranteed seats and automatically enrolled in New School. 

All school staff, however, would have to reapply for new positions at the New School, which would operate under new school-specific competencies to measure and screen prospective educators. 

How do you feel about the proposed closure? What will best serve the educational needs of the children in the neighborhood? Should existing staff have to reapply for new jobs?