Bronx Middle Schools: Making Puberty Harder
Today at 3 p.m., Bronx Borough President Carrión will join parents from the Community Collaborative to Improve Bronx Schools in response to the dreary condition of middle schools in the area. And dreary they are: theirs is the lowest graduation rate in the city. 100 balloons will be released, 75 of which will be black to represent the percentage of students who dont graduate with a regent diploma (why they got to be black?) and the rest will be red (I dont know what that means). New York City is experiencing a bit of a middle school crisisand were not talking about bus stopsbut the Bronx is the worst of the worst. Apparently, only one out of four eighth graders can read at the states standard level, and eighth grade math results for the area show that three out of four students fail. Eash. Show up at the Bronx County Court House Steps (161st St. and Grand Concourse) to show supportor, if youre skipping school and have nothing else to do.