Bensonhurst residents reject state plans to move Success Academy Charter into I.S. 96 building
Chants of “No co-location at Seth Low” and “How do you spell success? S-E-T-H L-O-W!” could be heard from blocks away as parents, teachers, students and concerned residents rallied before a public hearing regarding the proposed co-location of Success Academy at I.S. 96 Seth Low Junior High School on Monday, September 30.
Success Academy Charter School has submitted an application to the State University of New York to co-locate an elementary school at I.S. 96. The public hearing process is being facilitated by the Department of Education.
Unlike Coney Island Prep, which the DOE has proposed expanding into I.S. 281, Joseph Cavallaro, this Success Academy application is being handled by SUNY, not the DOE. Only SUNY has the authority to approve or deny the application. If approved, Success will co-locate beginning in September, 2014.