Canarsie High School

Canarsie High School
Location
Map
1600 Rockaway Parkway
Brooklyn, New York

11236

United States
Coordinates40°38′26″N 73°53′53″W / 40.64056°N 73.89806°W / 40.64056; -73.89806
Information
TypePublic
Established1964
Closed2011 (reopened as Canarsie Educational Campus)[2]
School districtNew York City Geographic District #18
PrincipalAngelo Marrah
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment2,885[1] (2007–08)
Team nameThe Chiefs
[1]

Canarsie High School was a public high school in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie in New York City. It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011. The building currently operates as Canarsie Educational Campus, housing several smaller high schools.[3]

Closing

Under the Impact Schools initiative in 2004, Canarsie High School received increased police and security presence.[4] In 2007, it was announced Canarsie would close because it "was in such disarray that the only way to fix it would be to shut it down, replacing it with several smaller schools on the same campus. The school had received the lowest possible grades (F and U) under the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports.[5][6][7] This was part of a trend in the city beginning in the 1990s and embraced by the administration of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg to convert failing large high schools into educational campuses.[5][8] For the 2007-2008 academic year, the school stopped admitting new students.[5] Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011.[2]

Student demographics

84.51% Black or African American, 11.47% Hispanic or Latino, 2.07% White non-Hispanic, 1.66% Asian and 0.28% Native American. The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18.

Current schools

Three schools, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, High School for Medical Professions, and Urban Action Academy, are currently operating in the Canarsie campus.[3][9]

Notable alumni

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b "Learning Environment Survey Report 2007-2008" (PDF). New York City Department of Education. "Enrollment: 2544"
  2. ^ a b Phillips, Anna M. (February 2, 2012). "SCHOOLBOOK; Report Assesses Final Year at Closing Schools". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "2016 New York City High School Directory" (PDF). schools.nyc.gov. New York City Department of Education. 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "A Look At The Impact Schools: A Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Data Brief June 2005" (PDF). prisonpolicy.org. Drum Major Institute. June 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Medina, Jennifer (December 24, 2007). "At Canarsie High, Now Marked for Closing, Loyalty Prevails". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Monahan, Rachel (December 5, 2007). "Canarsie High School to offer new classes, tougher discipline code". Daily News (New York). Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  7. ^ Friedman, Neil S. (December 13, 2007). "Canarsie High School Will Be "Phased Out" In 2008". Canarsie Courier. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  8. ^ Holloway, Lynette (May 16, 2001). "A Small Strategy for Troubled Giants". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  9. ^ Elliott, Stuart (June 17, 2012). "The First Graduates From Advertising High". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  10. ^ a b Esposito, Diana (June 12, 2003). "Canarsie Once Home To Several Who Attained Fame & Fortune". Canarsie Courier. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  11. ^ Gutierrez, Paul (May 8, 1999). "World B. Free, Nba Gunner". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  12. ^ "Canarsie (Brooklyn,NY) Baseball". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
  13. ^ "He bosses a band of angels". Brooklyn Eagle. March 26, 2012.
  14. ^ Hau, Louis; Barancik, Scott; Topkin, Marc (January 30, 2004). "Rays buyer: financial whiz who loves baseball". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2008.


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