Community, Brooklyn leaders announce vision for public middle school at Atlantic Yards
A coalition on Tuesday announced M.S. OneBrooklyn, a community vision for a new public middle school to serve District 13. The group included Community Education Council 13; Brooklyn Community Board 8; the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC); leaders of the parent-teacher organizations of Brooklyn public schools P.S. 9, P.S. 11, P.S. 20, P.S. 133, and P.S. 282; and elected officials.
M.S. OneBrooklyn would be located in the school facility being created at the Atlantic Yards project expected to open in September 2018 and would help meet a significant local need for a dedicated intermediate school accessible to all District 13 students.
M.S. OneBrooklyn’s location within Brooklyn’s cultural district will enable it to offer a curriculum that recognizes the intrinsic value of the arts and culture while also using them as a critical lens through which students learn to see themselves, the communities around them and the role of the arts and culture in society.