Latino-oriented nonprofit seeks to bring dual-language charter school to Sunset Park
Trying to get Sunset Park to the head of the class, the non-profit organization LEEP (Latino Education Equity Partnership) is currently pushing to bring a dual language public charter school to Sunset Park by fall 2019.
“Public charter schools are making huge differences in local communities and particularly communities of color, where we could have more direct participation of the areas, contended Roberto Gutierrez, a Prospect Heights resident who has lived in Brooklyn since 2005. He founded LEEP and is its executive director.
“We want to create a school where every child is a language learner,” said LEEP Chief Operating Officer Michael Regnier, who served as director of policy and research at the New York City Charter School Center for more than five years. “Whether they’re learning English or Spanish for the first time, that creates a unique kind of a community, and Sunset Park is a great place to facilitate that.