{"id":235475,"date":"2021-04-26T00:53:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-student-pleads-with-state-pols-to-expand-charter-schools\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T00:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T21:53:39","slug":"nyc-student-pleads-with-state-pols-to-expand-charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-student-pleads-with-state-pols-to-expand-charter-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC student pleads with state pols to expand charter schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC student pleads with state pols to expand charter schools<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A standout student at a charter high school in Brooklyn says it\u2019s time for state lawmakers to listen to pupils and parents \u2014 and pass a law to allow more charter schools to open.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfair to limit opportunities to other students. I really think the legislature should lift the cap on charter schools,\u201d\u00a0Genesis Ramos, 17, told The Post.<\/p>\n

Ramos is a senior at the Math Engineering and Science<\/a> Academy charter high school, or MESA, in Bushwick \u2014 which can\u2019t replicate its success because the state legislature has refused to allow the expansion of more charter schools in New York.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Democrat-controlled Senate and Assembly refused to amend the law to ease the limit as part of the state budget.<\/p>\n

A scandal-weakened Gov. Andrew Cuomo couldn\u2019t get traction for even a much more modest proposal: reauthorizing 20 so-called \u201czombie\u201d licenses \u2014 those surrendered by schools that closed \u2014 to new charter-school app<\/a>licants.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s powerful teachers\u2019 union is opposed to adding more charter schools, which are privately managed, publicly funded alternatives to traditional public schools.<\/p>\n

Ramos, who will head to college this fall, said it\u2019s a shame more students are not being afforded the learning opportunities she\u2019s received at MESA.<\/p>\n

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Genesis Ramos outside of MESA charter school in Bushwick, Brooklyn.<\/figcaption>
J.C. Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She was accepted to CUNY\u2019s prestigious Macaulay honor\u2019s program at Hunter and Baruch colleges.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a MESA student provided me with a lot of opportunities,\u201d Ramos said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experience was amazing because of the staff. The teachers are also advisors, coaches and club leaders. The teachers care a lot about the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos said her favorite classes at the moment are Advanced Placement calculus and government and economics.<\/p>\n

She recalled dissecting a sheep\u2019s heart and fetal pig during her freshman year.<\/p>\n

Ramos said MESA\u2019s rigor was a startling contrast from her regular public middle school, IS 377, which she said didn\u2019t offer advanced Regents high-school-credit courses.<\/p>\n

MESA offers about 20 percent more instructional time for students than a typical high school, according to its executive director, Arthur Samuels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the politicians actually understood how amazing MESA is, they wouldn\u2019t have a limit on charter schools,\u201d Ramos said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity for any student in any borough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Genesis with her parents Luis and Yessenia Ramos.<\/figcaption>
J.C. Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MESA has already received state approval for a second school in Central Brooklyn, but without a coveted license, it\u2019s in expansion limbo.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s frustrating to see how the political dynamics in Albany is preventing quality schools from opening,\u201d\u00a0Samuels told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents want a quality choice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The charter school cap is set at 460 statewide, with 290 set aside for New York City, which has already hit that limit.<\/p>\n

There are 92 unused charters left for the rest of the state, but they can\u2019t be used in the Big Apple \u2014 where the demand is \u2014 without a change in state law.<\/p>\n

The Mission Society, an anti-poverty group in Harlem, and Urban Dove, which runs \u201csecond chance\u201d transfer high schools aimed at helping struggling students in danger of dropping out, also have slammed lawmakers for blocking their bids to open new charter schools.\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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