As evidenced by the Community Education Council Meeting that took place in Red Hook on October 17th, some residents are calling for a third option to be made for the rezoning plan—DELAY.

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Red Hook families who are asking for the decision to be delayed want more time to figure out the best plan for their community. They expressed that they want to see more support and resources for public schools that exist in Red Hook so that they can be included in a rezoning plan that would benefit their historically struggling schools. The community has also asked for more attention to be drawn around the work that has been done to transform PS 676 and PS 15 from "bad" schools to thriving schools that parents want to send their children to.

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Additionally, PS 676 is one of the schools that would not be affected by the rezoning plan, meaning that students zoned for PS 676 would not be eligible to attend a different school in a different neighborhood, nor would students zoned for other schools be able to send their kids to PS 676. Members of the Red Hook community have expressed that this does not seem fair, as the under-utilized PS 676 would actually benefit from more students coming from other neighborhoods, because this would bring in much needed diversity and funding (remember that funding is tied to student enrollment, less students = less funding).

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The bold, dark lines mark the new zone proposed by the DOE. The purple triangle at the bottom of the map represents the neighborhood zoned for PS 676. Notice how the new zone does not include any other neighborhoods. This is what I mean by "not included" in the zoning plan. 

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DOE Outreach

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Red Hook residents have also expressed to the DOE that they need more outreach efforts tailored to the way their community operates. 

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