In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of
Education that separate but equal schools were unconstitutional. In New
York City public schools are separated by race but not equal.
I pass PS87
William Sherman on occasions
and I see a big sign thanking Gale A Brewer the 27th Manhattan Borough President
for helping rise money for the school. PS87
William Sherman is one of the city's richest schools and when I walk by it I
often wonder if I'm in Manhattan or the suburb. Although the school
in zone 3, which is the most diverse school districts in the city, the school
along with PS 452, PS 166 and PS 333 is along all white and have very
little students of color. I am baffled by PS
166 and PS
333 which have housing projects nearby yet are almost completely
white. PS
333 is around the corner from PS 84, yet PS
84 is mostly black and spanish. How do PS 333 and PS
166 in this day and age have schools with such segregation?
I'm very
proud of my daughter's school PS 145
Elementary School. Here's a school that has mostly students who live in poverty
or near poverty in the housing projects nearby. Unlike schools like PS87
William Sherman, PS 145
Elementary School doesn't
get millions in gifts from rich donors, they function with a great PTA and SLT.
I look forward to a day when schools like PS145 gets as much funding as Ps 87 William Sherman, Ps
452, Ps 333 Manhattan School For
Children, that's the only way to give all kids the same quality
education.
Why aren't
Gale A. Brewer and others, who are helping schools with millions
of dollars if not hundreds of millions of dollars of Endowments helping
schools like PS 145? Do elected officials really care about lower income
students? Its evident from the situation at Ps 87 William
Sherman, Ps 452, Ps 333 Manhattan School For Children vs
the lack of support that students at PS 145 get that they don't.
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