State Assembly Member Joan Millman has declared her opposition to the City Department of Education’s proposal to relocate a charter school, the Brooklyn East Collegiate School, to the building now occupied by both P.S. 9 and M.S. 571, at 80 Underhill Avenue. This would mean that three schools would occupy the building until M.S. 571 is phased out. Citing her belief, as a former educator, that “the Department of Education needs to actively seek the input of the various stakeholders including parents and professionals and abide by its own procedures when dealing with matters relating to school consolidations, relocations and closures”, Ms. Millman said: Continue Reading →