P.S.32 zone map from insideschools.org
Just a reminder: Today is the scoping meeting regarding the Toll Brothers' Gowanus development.
During this meeting, Carroll Gardens residents and neighbors of the Toll Brothers' project get to raise their concerns and ask questions about how the development will affect them and the community as a whole. One of these concerns, other than the pollution along the canal, is of course the strain such a development would put on the infrastructure of Carroll Gardens.
Out of curiosity, I decided to look into which neighborhood school the children living in the Toll Brother's complex would attend. According to Inside Schools Organization, P.S. 32 is the zoned school for the area along most of the Gowanus canal.
Considering that the city wants to rezone the entire area for residential use and taking into account that this will mean many more school aged children, it may be time to build a new school.
You see, judging by the (5) trailers in P.S. 32's schoolyard, the school cannot absorb too many more students.
Of course that is just one of the many concerns. I am sure my fellow Carroll Gardeners will bring up many more at today's scoping meeting.
You will find the information about the meeting on the Friends Of Bond's blog site here: http://friendsofbond.blogspot.com/
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3 comments:
Katia - good point. I didn't see anywhere in the Toll Bros. proposal where it mentioned schools, or the impact on them of a few hundred new residents.
While the City may have a larger plan on how to deal with the growing population(hopefully), this type of ad-hoc building undermines any such civic-minded efforts, a la 'spot-zoning' etc.
Thr majority of the apartments in this development will be 1BR and Studios - not suitable for families with children of school age.
The few 2BR apartments may be occupied with children of school age but the upper income residents who can afford to purchase these apartments will likely send their children to private school.
On the other hand our neighborhood does need more schools and parks the public land at Smith / 5th should be developed by the City to fullfill this need - not Toll!
7:09 = People who can afford the 2 bds may well want to and be able to afford private school. However, being able to afford private school is no guarantee. The private schools have a finite number of slots plus your kids have to make the "cut."
I am curious how you know there will only be a "handful" of 2 bds. I can't find anything in the scoping docs providing these details. Maybe I overlooked it.
By the way, PS 32 also houses a middle school so there is a chance that that school displaced.
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