Brooklyn Heights parents demand something be done about overcrowding at P.S. 8
Meeting planned for Nov. 20
There was a time when P.S. 8, Brooklyn Heights’ only elementary school, was unloved and undersubscribed.
Those days are long gone. Principal Seth Phillips is overseeing a school radically different than the one he took over in 2003. Even with a new annex, P.S. 8 is now so overcrowded that even some zoned children may be shut out of kindergarten next year.
With several major residential developments under construction in the school’s zone and more in the pipeline, the PTA has planned a public meeting for Nov. 20, 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Hillis Hall, Plymouth Church, 57 Orange Street.
Senator Daniel Squadron, Council Member Steve Levin, Assemblymember elect Jo Anne Simon and Estelle Acquah from the DOE Office of District Planning, among other officials, are set to attend.