tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post1284318512048210869..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: Highbridge residents rally for schoolBronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-17628010405251748142008-10-30T09:49:00.000-04:002008-10-30T09:49:00.000-04:00As one of the members of the highbridge community ...As one of the members of the highbridge community that has been looking for a space for a school for the past three years - there is very little space available and the neighborhood has needed a middle school for nearly forty years! Having children traveling on two to three public buses to attend middle school is not acceptable (all middle schools are currently located on the other side of the cross bronx or grand concourse).<BR/><BR/>A note to those that believe that Highbridge does not need a middle school - the original public schools in the Highbridge neighborhood (ps 11 & 73) were designed as grade 1st to 8th grade schools. Children only needed to travel out of the neighborhood at nine or ten years old to attend school once Highbridge was no longer a white community but a majority black and latino community.<BR/><BR/>The only other area that is large enough for a school just happens to be the 3 acres that runs the property surrounding that shelter, police station and the motel - and the owner, the olnick organization, expects to build pricey condos or apartments similar to their other propertys - such as lenox terrace in harlem. however, they currently will not consider building a school in that property.HighbridgeUnitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467919484757740938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-39366374810518704242008-10-30T08:28:00.000-04:002008-10-30T08:28:00.000-04:00Why would parents want a school across from a shel...Why would parents want a school across from a shelter, a police station(BTF)and near a "hot sheet" motel. This area is the wrong location for a school.SANKOFAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068113553289884907noreply@blogger.com