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37 Hicks Street Brooklyn , NY 11201 Phone: (718) 834-6740 Fax: (718) 834-7690 Website Map |
Principal: Seth Phillips Parent Coordinator: Blake Amos (718) 834-6740 |
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WHAT'S SPECIAL: A dynamo principal and able staff developer are invigorating the school. DOWNSIDE: School still has a way to go, particularly in the upper grades. |
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Grade levels: PK to 5 Class size: K: 15; 5: 28 Enrollment: 541 Ethnicity %: 52 W; 26 B; 12 H; 8 A |
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District 13 Admissions: Neighborhood school, magnet program Neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights More school data |
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The zone for PS 8 includes the million-dollar brownstones of Brooklyn Heights, but until recently most middle class parents in the neighborhood sent their children to private schools or to better regarded public schools. PS 8 served mostly poor children from nearby housing projects.  |
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| Sep 22, 2008 |
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| Jul 29, 2008 |
The Department of Education plans to build an annex at PS 8 to alleviate overcrowding at the school, Chancellor Joel Klein announced at a press conference at the school on July 29, 2008.The... read more |
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| Jun 27, 2008 | A parent writes to Insideschools: "PS 8 is still pretty great, still evolving, with questions for the future. Class size is 30 for 2-3rd grades But 4th grade (this year's 3rd) will still have very... read more | |
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| This page was last updated on Aug 25, 2010. |
