Performing arts school in Brooklyn protests loss of classrooms to charter school
A performing arts upper school with no space for the performing arts – that’s what parents and supporters say will happen to Susan McKinney Secondary School of the Arts if a new Success Academy charter school moves in as planned by the city.
The controversial charter school network, led by former Council Member Eva Moskowitz, wants to take over space that students need for music, art, and dance classes, parents say. High school students have five or more periods of art classes a week, and the school boasts a full dance studio, theater and art wing.
Parents of students receiving special education help from an “inclusion” program based in the building (P369) also worry that the program may be diminished or eliminated.