Turnaround for Dewey on hold
Despite the city Department of Educations hard push, John Dewey High School may yet escape the citys turnaround plans.
Three weeks ago, an arbitrator reversed DOE plans to turn around 24 public schools by firing the teaching staff and making them reapply for their jobs in a reform process designed to re-brand the schools as new, therefore qualifying them for millions of dollars in federal School Improvement Grants.
The Panel for Educational Policy had voted to approve turnaround for Dewey and the other schools back in April, in accordance with DOEs wishes, despite an angry outcry from students, parents and staff. Several other schools initially proposed for turnaround had been removed from the list prior to the vote.