De Blasio: Brooklyn’s Boys and Girls High symbol of progress
School Renewal Program aims to turn around struggling schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña headed to Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Boys and Girls High School on Tuesday to highlight the early progress made at 94 of the city’s least successful schools in the city’s new School Renewal Program.
De Blasio also announced that Aimee Horowitz would be the new executive superintendent for the program. He called Horowitz “a leader with a track record of turning around troubled schools and raising student achievement.”
Horowitz has most recently served as superintendent for Staten Island high schools and 14 Renewal Schools, including Boys and Girls High School and Automotive High School.
“We announced just a few months ago, a renewal schools initiative – 94 schools, $150 million, a huge set of actions and initiatives to turn schools around – an effort that really does not resemble anything attempted previously,” he told reporters.