Sunset Park parents demand multi-lingual educators
New schools should reflect community diversity, advocates say
Sunset Park is slated to get five new schools during the next few years and parents are demanding to have a say in how the schools are designed and maintained, according to education advocates.
The grass-roots organization Make Space for Quality Schools in Sunset Park held a meeting on Feb. 10 at the Sunset Park Library with Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park-Red Hook) and parents and interested neighborhood residents to discuss ways to ensure that the design and construction of the planned new schools fits the needs of the community.
Prior to the meeting, Make Space for Quality Schools in Sunset Park spent 10 months conducting a community outreach, including spending time interviewing parents, to determine what Sunset Park residents would like to see in the new schools that are slated to be built. The group compiled the findings into a report called “Community Visions.”
Here are some of the items parents and residents said they would like included in the plans for the new schools: