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M.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey

  
4004 4 Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11232
Phone: (718) 965-3333  Fax: (718) 965-9567
Map 		Principal: Eric Sackler
Parent Coordinator: Damaris Garcia x 126
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Dedicated, energetic principal; a lot of arts instruction.
DOWNSIDE: Academic achievement needs to improve.
 
Grade levels: 6 to 8
Class size: 6th - 25, 8th - 30
Enrollment: 479
Ethnicity %:
  4 W; 4 B; 88 H; 4 A
Reading scores:
Math scores:
District 15

Admissions:
Neighborhood: Sunset Park
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Once a rowdy place, at IS 136 calm and order now prevail. Its large, clean, bright halls brim with student artwork and essays, and its dedicated teachers are making strides with the largely Latino student population from Sunset Park.

The catalyst for reform was Eric Sackler, a former assistant principal at the school, who scrapped the almost-in-motion plan for splitting the school into three academies, fearing it would be divisive. "We wanted to bring unity," he said.

Discipline was the first problem Sackler tackled when he. . .

 

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Feb 11, 2008 "The school is very safe," said an art teacher. "And there's a lot of collaboration between teachers." (January 2008)

Feb 11, 2008 "The school has a lot of programs," said a student, adding that the running team was among his favorites. (January 2008)

Jun 22, 2004

"The redesign has brought us together," a longtime teacher at the school said. "It has also brought us more communication with parents. But discipline is terrible at the school. The new teachers... read more



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