Controversial Success Academy Cobble Hill Releases Application Figures
COBBLE HILL — The Success Academy charter school network released application figures this week that are aimed at dispelling the perception that the controversial Success Academy Cobble Hill, to be co-located in a building already housing three public schools at 184 Baltic St., is an unwanted intrusion on the community and its existing students.
According to a press release that Success Academy sent out Monday, the parents of more than 950 children have applied for the190 available seats at Success Academy Cobble Hill, including 260 “local children.” The application period will close in a week and a half.
The controversy surrounding the school stems in part from the fact that Success Academy was originally authorized to open a school in either District 13 or 14, not in District 15, where it will open Success Academy Cobble Hill.