Tag Archives: Samuel J. Gompers High School
Tempers flare at Community Board 1
Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Story by Joe Hirsch, video by Anika Anand.
A heated war of words erupted at Community Board 1′s February meeting as protesters shouted down a developer and a city housing official’s efforts to explain the city’s plans to construct Crossroads Plaza.
The board voted to approve the city’s request for a zoning change that would allow the three-building complex to be built at the corner of 149th Street and Southern Boulevard, but had to do so over the catcalls, jeers and sometimes profane objections of some 30 protesters who had cleared the lot of debris and turned it into the Morning Glory Garden.
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Schools struggle with language barriers
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by By Patricia Rey Mallén.
The “No Child Left Behind” Act, established by the Bush administration in 2002, stated that all students should have equal access to a high quality education. But in the Bronx, where the number of residents who speak English “not well” or “not at all” has risen by about 15 percent to over 312,000 since 1990, language is a significant barrier to achieving that goal.
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Gompers High School faces possible closure
Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by By Claudia Bracholdt.
The Melrose high school is on the city’s hit list The Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School could start phasing-out next school year, one of 25 schools the city’s Department of Education is intending to close or shake up due to poor performance. The school’s administration and the students were notified in early [...]
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Residents, city clash over use of lot
Posted on 12. Nov, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen.
The grassy lot at the corner of Southern Blvd and Union Ave has been a green oasis for some local residents, but as they recently found out, the city has other plans. For the past two years, residents have planted vegetables and held social gatherings in the lot, referring to it as the Morning Glory [...]
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Samuel J. Gompers HS gets no help from Dept of Ed
Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by By Claudia Bracholdt.
Angela Marrero stood outside the entrance of the Samuel Gompers Career and Technical Education High School on Southern Boulevard, looking at the schoolyard through a high chain-link fence. It was the first day of school for her son, a freshman, and the other Gompers students. They stood in a queue in front of [...]
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Proposed education cuts cast pall over Mott Haven schools
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed laying off city school teachers in dramatic numbers to compensate for budget shortfalls. If the cuts are passed by the state Senate and Assembly as proposed, the school districts that comprise Mott Haven, Melrose, Hunts Point and Longwood would not be spared.
