"They're too dumb to know they're at a bad school," the parent, Alyson Friedman, could be heard saying at the meeting in February. Friedman, a parent at The Center School, also said, "If you train a Black person well enough, they'll know to use the back, you don't have to tell them anymore," a quote she misattributed to Martin Luther King, Jr."
"Proposals, which were posted online Friday, call for ending the middle grades at Manhattan School for Children on West 93rd Street and at PS/IS 191 on West 61st Street. The plan would also move the Center School, which is co-located with PS 9 on West 84th Street, into the PS/1S 191 building to free up space at PS 9, which is overcrowded."
"The education department closes and relocates schools in neighborhoods across the city every year. But each one can be a third rail for policymakers, as they often highlight issues of race, class, equity and power."
The New York City Department of Education proposed closing middle grades at Manhattan School for Children and PS/IS 191, while relocating Center School to the PS/IS 191 building to address overcrowding at PS 9. Community Action School was initially included for closure but removed after a white parent made racist remarks during a February public Zoom meeting. The parent, Alyson Friedman, made derogatory comments about Black students and misattributed a racist quote to Martin Luther King Jr. Though Friedman apologized, the incident fueled community opposition to the closures. Education officials cite low enrollment and class size compliance as reasons for the proposals, describing them as results of extensive community conversations.
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