Clinton Hill Schools See Improvements - Read on for more.

The Gotham Gazette has an interesting article today on one school just a few blocks from the Lineage - P.S. 11.

Photo (C) Michael Galinsky for The Ft. Greene Local

"In recent years, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene schools have undergone the sort of transformation that eludes frustrated educators nationwide.

Area parents of an older generation made escaping the local schools into an art. Some opted for private or parochial schools; some pursued charter schools with open-district lottery admissions; and some relocated to Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights when their children came of school age. Many more relied on a time-honored tradition: forging apartment leases to assume addresses in other zones.

But now, just a few years later, parents from around the district and outside it flock to Clinton Hill and Fort Greene schools. In fact, parents now forge documents to get in to this newly desirable zone."- Eliza Ronalds-Hannon


Read the full article here