NYC parents fuming over HS placements under revamped admission system that deemphasizes grades

[Kamaji]

NYC parents fuming over HS placements under revamped admission system that deemphasizes grades

By Cayla Bamberger, Steven Vago and Mark Lungariello
June 9, 2022

Getting into high school felt a lot like losing the lottery this year.

Many high-performing New York City students and their parents were devastated and outraged after receiving high school admission letters Wednesday night — blasting the revamped system that no longer puts a premium on good grades.

“I feel like the [Department of Education] betrayed my daughter and every kid that’s in this position,” said Greg Melli-Jones, who lives in Battery Park.

Melli-Jones’ daughter Mia was placed at Richard R. Green High School for Teaching — a school they’d never heard of before — after failing to get into any of her 12 choices.

Now, the dad is weighing leaving the Big Apple altogether over the snub.

“We are either going to have to find a private school that we cannot afford or think about leaving the city because I’m not going to have her go to that school,” Melli-Jones told The Post.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/09/nyc-parents-fuming-over-revamped-high-school-admission-system/

[Kamaji]

I am so glad we left NYC when we did.

[PeteS in CA]

Gotta keep those high-performing students "in their place".

One bad teacher can do serious damage to whole classes of students. Bad school placement - whether a school way over the student's head or badly under-challenging - could be life-changing.

The outcome of NYC's educational malpractice is predictable, https://edsource.org/updates/freshman-received-more-ds-and-fs-at-elite-sfs-lowell-high-after-switch-to-admissions-lottery .