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The Performing Arts and Technology High School

 
400 Pennsylvania Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207
Phone: (718) 922-0762  Fax: (718) 922-0953
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Principal: Reginald Richardson
Parent Coordinator: Norma Cirino

WHAT'S SPECIAL: Music room with state-of-the-art technology
DOWNSIDE: Disruptive behavior
 
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size:
Enrollment: 447
Ethnicity %:
  1 W; 80 B; 18 H; 0 A
4 year graduation rate: 70.0%
District 19
HS Supt: Linda Waite
Admissions: Brooklyn priority
Neighborhood: East New York
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Performing Arts and Technology High School, PATHS, aims to send every child to college. It's an ambitious plan, especially because the teachers are relatively new to the profession, with one to three years of teaching, and many students are unfocused and disruptive in class.

However, students who sit close to the teacher have a better chance. On the day of our visit, these students eagerly participated in the lesson. Students who perform well--85 grade average or better--are rewarded by being allowed to enter the
 

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Feb 25, 2008 Principal Lottie Almonte received a 2008 Cahn Fellowship, a 15-month program at Teachers College designed to recognize outstanding principals. Cahn fellows... read more
Jun 6, 2007 "The administration here is very divisive, resulting in an extremely high teacher turnover each year," writes a teacher, who complains that "although it is a performing arts school, the performing... read more
Jun 29, 2004 "We are taking on all comers," said Les Ford of the Nia Theatrical Production Company, a community based organization working with the school. "We will enroll many students with academic deficits... read more

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