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February 8, 2010

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H.S. 450 Long Island City High School
14-30 Broadway Queens , NY 11106 Phone: (718) 545-7095 Fax: (718) 545-2980 Website Map	Principal: William Bassell Parent Coordinator: Crisa Ignatiadis (347) 563-4322
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Culinary program; extensive arts programs; beautiful building. DOWNSIDE: Overcrowding forces the school to hold three overlapping student shifts.

Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 34
Enrollment: 3352
Ethnicity %:
13 W; 14 B; 57 H; 16 A

4 year graduation rate: 49.8%

District 30
HS Supt: Alexis Penzell
Admissions: Neighborhood & selective programs
Neighborhood: Astoria
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Long Island City High School (LIC) is housed in an impressive, six-story brick and stainless steel building near the East River waterfront designed by the architects of Stuyvesant High School . Built in 1995, the building has a dance studio, a swimming pool, a weight room, two gymnasiums, a full-service health clinic, and an auditorium with a state-of-the-art sound system. The school's top-floor cafeteria features large windows with a tremendous view of the Upper Manhattan skyline.

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amiee (student) Sep 23, 2009	LIC is not a good school. Some of the the teachers are okay, but the counselors are of no help to anyone. Their motto? "It's not my problem". They're constantly flinging students around from one... read more
Inestro23 (student) Mar 1, 2009	"As a former student of L.I.C high I could honestly say this school is like a cocky supermodel - gorgeous on the outside but ugly on the inside. Instead of guiding me through a difficult time in... read more
Jun 11, 2007	A student praises the "beautiful" school building but complains that homework is assigned over summer vacation and that students whose schedules run through 12th period must leave school after... read more

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