Weather delay for high school open houses
The Department of Education announced that open houses scheduled for this Wednesday, Feb. 10 for students accepted at specialized high schools, will be postponed until Feb. 22 because of predicted “inclement weather”. The forecast calls for ice and snow on Wednesday.
Students must turn in their acceptances by Feb. 23 — the day after the rescheduled open houses at several of the specialized high schools; no word that the acceptance date will be postponed.
The affected schools are:
- The Brooklyn Latin School – 325 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Brooklyn Technical High School – 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
- Staten Island Technical High School – 485 Clawson Street, Staten Island: Session I (for students with last names A-L): 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
- Staten Island Technical High School – 485 Clawson Street, Staten Island: Session II (for students with last names M-Z): 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
- Stuyvesant High School – 345 Chambers Street, Manhattan: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Open houses scheduled for other specialized schools on Tuesday and Thursday will proceed as scheduled!
Many other new high schools are holding open houses this week. Check the new schools directory and call or email the school directly to find out when.
See the DOE’s press release for details about the snow delay for Wednesday’s open houses.
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This just doesn’t seem fair that the students for whom open houses were delayed have to turn in their acceptance form the day after. Often an open house prompts questions that these parents could ask of current students/parents or of the school’s admin. Now they won’t have any time. As it is, the holiday coming right before the acceptances are due is a bit awkward. DOE. Have a heart, and push the acceptance date till Friday.
Comment by Deciding Parent — February 9, 2010 @ 7:33 am
We just got a note from our daughter’s school counselor that the LaGuardia Open House has been postponed as well until Feb. 23, and that the deadline for choosing a Specialized High School has been postponed until Feb. 25. Please check up on this and confirm to everyone!
Comment by Ofcounsel — February 9, 2010 @ 9:08 pm
The Laguardia open house HAS been postponed, to Tuesday, February 23, which was originally the day people had to have their letters back to their guidance counselors if they wanted a spot in a selective school.
Now the date those letters are due back is going to be Thursday, February 25.
You can read all about this on the DOE website:
http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/High/default.htm
Comment by Lisa — February 9, 2010 @ 9:48 pm