a. Time for the DoE to live up to its promise and provide STEM students with a K-8 G&T education. Our recent survey shows there is a strong preference for a K-8 standalone with its own administration- on par with the other citywides. On a January 2013 Town Hall, Chancellor Walcott said the DoE is working on a K-8 for STEM so it is time to see it in writing.
b. Make STEM Academy the Priority. STEM Academy should be first in line for any allocation of school space in District 30 before a charter school (i.e. Success Academy) is established.
c. City-wide seats needed throughout New York City. In 2012, 2,656 kindergarten students qualified at the 97th percentile, and 1602 scored at the 99th percentile, but there were only 285 seats. Due to a lack of seats, only 18% of the students in 99th percentile are offered seats in a city-wide program.
What we need to do:
1. Make calls.
Call these offices and tell them that the DoE needs to meet with STEM parents immediately to discuss the formation of our new school.
| NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s NYC Phone: | Department of Education Chancellor Walcott’s NYC Phone: | Division of Portfolio Planning, Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg’s Phone: (212) 374-0225 | Deputy Chief Executive for Admissions, Sandy Ferguson’s Phone: (212) 374-7636 |
| Student Enrollment Admissions, Sara McPhee’s Phone: (212) 374-5073 | Division of Portfolio Planning, Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg’s Phone: (212) 374-0225 | Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Director Savita Iyengar ‘s Phone: (212) 374-5203 | Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Planner Jillian Roland’s Phone: (212) 374-3835 |
2. Write to the DoE directly.
Email these offices and tell them that the DoE needs to meet with STEM parents immediately to discuss the formation of our new school.
NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Email:
Department of Education Chancellor Walcott’s Email: dmwalcott@schools.nyc.gov
Division of Portfolio Planning, Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg’s Email: MSternberg@schools.nyc.gov
Deputy Chief Executive for Admissions, Sandy Ferguson’s Email: SFergus@schools.nyc.gov
Student Enrollment Admissions, Sara McPhee’s Email: SMcphee@schools.nyc.gov
Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Director Savita Iyengar ‘s Email: SIyengar@schools.nyc.gov
Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Planner Jillian Roland’s Email: JRoland3@schools.nyc.gov
Max Applebaum MApplebaum2@schools.nyc.gov
3. Contact your elected officials to pressure the DoE
Call these offices and tell them that the DoE needs to meet with STEM parents immediately to discuss the formation of our new school.
Please write to your pols and ask them to write to Dennis Wolcott and Mayor Bloomberg to demand action for STEM Academy ASAP.
Sample letters can be found here.
Find your NY city councilman: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml
Find your NY state Assemblyman: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search
Find your NY state senator: http://www.nysenate.gov/senators
Queens Borough President, Helen M. Marshall’s Email: info@queensbp.org
Councilman Robert Jackson (city council’s education committee) Email: rjackson@council.nyc.gov
Council speaker Christine Quinn’s Email: speakerquinn@council.nyc.gov
Councilman Peter F. Vallone’s contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d22/html/members/contact.shtml
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d26/html/members/contact.shtml
Councilman Dan Halloran’s Email: dhalloran@council.nyc.gov
Councilman Daniel Dromm’s Email: ddromm@council.nyc.gov & contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d25/html/members/contact.shtml
Note: elections are coming and candidates for 2014 are throwing their hats in the ring. Please find out who the likeliest candidates are in your District and hunt them down too.
Department of Education Chancellor Walcott’s Email: dmwalcott@schools.nyc.gov
Division of Portfolio Planning, Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg’s Email: MSternberg@schools.nyc.gov
Deputy Chief Executive for Admissions, Sandy Ferguson’s Email: SFergus@schools.nyc.gov
Student Enrollment Admissions, Sara McPhee’s Email: SMcphee@schools.nyc.gov
Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Director Savita Iyengar ‘s Email: SIyengar@schools.nyc.gov
Office of Portfolio Management, Associate Planner Jillian Roland’s Email: JRoland3@schools.nyc.gov
Max Applebaum MApplebaum2@schools.nyc.gov
CEC D30 Superintendent Philip Composto’s Email: PCompos@schools.nyc.gov
CEC D30 Co-President Isaac Carmignani’s Email: Isaac.carmignani@gmail.com
3. Contact your elected officials to pressure the DoE
Call these offices and tell them that the DoE needs to meet with STEM parents immediately to discuss the formation of our new school.
Please write to your pols and ask them to write to Dennis Wolcott and Mayor Bloomberg to demand action for STEM Academy ASAP.
Sample letters can be found here.
Find your NY city councilman: http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml
Find your NY state Assemblyman: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search
Find your NY state senator: http://www.nysenate.gov/senators
Queens Borough President, Helen M. Marshall’s Email: info@queensbp.org
Councilman Robert Jackson (city council’s education committee) Email: rjackson@council.nyc.gov
Council speaker Christine Quinn’s Email: speakerquinn@council.nyc.gov
Councilman Peter F. Vallone’s contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d22/html/members/contact.shtml
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer’s contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d26/html/members/contact.shtml
Councilman Dan Halloran’s Email: dhalloran@council.nyc.gov
Councilman Daniel Dromm’s Email: ddromm@council.nyc.gov & contact: http://council.nyc.gov/d25/html/members/contact.shtml
Note: elections are coming and candidates for 2014 are throwing their hats in the ring. Please find out who the likeliest candidates are in your District and hunt them down too.
