Thank you, Jay, for pointing this out to me.
The International School of Brooklyn (ISB), a private school currently based in Prospect Heights, is moving to the former parochial school building of Saint Mary Star Of The Sea , the Catholic Church on Court Street.
According to its web site, ISB is "an independent, non-sectarian, not-for-profit educational institution. ISB is New York's only French & Spanish language immersion school following the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Students at ISB are taught in a nurturing and challenging environment in order to become bilingual, critical thinkers, and global citizens."
ISB currently offers programs for children from Nursery to 3rd Grade. The school hopes to grow to twelfth grade along with its students.
Tuition for the 2010-2011 school year is
$19,000 for Kindergarten-4th Grade
$17,000 for Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten ($10,200 for part-time Nursery)
Until recently, this was the home of the Blue Feather School.
For decades, Carroll Gardens' children attended St. Mary's Star Of the Sea when it was part of the parish. I know my friends Gloria and Rita did and have regaled me with their funny school stories.
If you were one of the students there, won't you please share your memories with everyone?
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14 comments:
You really do have to be rich to have kids these days - 19 grand to send a child to Kindergarten! My entire college degree did not cost that much!!!We need better public schools. Everyone should be entitled to a good education. I had one of the best high school educations - public, and free!
Margaret
More parking nightmares for the folks surrounding that school.
After it opens, watch the circus as the school help move cars
on Alt days, double park forever or just watch them circle and circle and circle.
Who knows, maybe they'll be allowed to cut the curb & park in the courtyard - without a permit - like the Hannah school does!
Front yard parking is historic to the neighborhood - PJ Hanleys has had courtyard parking on 4th place for +/- 150 years which was about the time the charter was amended to ensure courtyard parking would never be obstructed by buildings.
We should be welcoming an international school to a neighborhood of immigrants!
Hi Anon 2/4 @ 5:41
Actually I do welcome the International School as well as the Hannah School. Any school (private or public) that will improve our childern's lives is always welcome.
This doesn't mean that the staff of said schools should be given parking preferences.
Personally, I don't care if the teachers at Hannah park in the courtyard of their building, it means that they're NOT using spots that shoppers & residents would normally use. My isssue is that they did it w/o a city permit AND they cut a 2nd curb to make a drivaway on Smith Street when they already had a double wide "cut curb" on the Side Street - - BOTH are now NO Parking Zones; even when school is out.
At least by the public school you're allowed to park when school is not in session.
And when it comes to Hanley's, that's a different issue. The 150 year allowed parking waiver could be because there used to be a Carrage House there & "Parking" happened there even before there were cars.
All I know is, if they even change the wattage of the bulb in their porch light we need the full force of the community activists to come down on them. Enough of the schools and their destruction of the character of the neighborhood.
Dear Gowanus Mike:
Glad you've chimed in on this cold winter night. It may seem that neighborhood activists can be overly touchy, I get it. Really truly we are sweet at heart and wattage is subjective.
Rich kids out of Carroll Gardens - international or not! No need for them.
Why in the world does an "international School" need to move to Carroll Gardens? Aren't there other places for them to go? Come on, we have a great history here and we do not need to increase the traffic. Any way to stop this? Let's get active on them!
It seems a lot of people have been taking blog-sites TOO personally, lately.
This blog site, like any other, is a place for people to voice thier opinions. It's equal to people sitting around Floyd's Babershop or Sam Druker's General Store: everyone throws in their 2 cents and moves on. It's an old fashioned idea using modern tech.
Keep in mind that these "Neighborhood Activists" aren't like the towns-people in an old Frankenstien Movie with torches & pitchforks going after the Dr. - so your OVER wattage porch light is safe.
Second, Real Activits wouldn't be playing the 'tit-for-tat' game on this site. They'd be out with flyers & petitions & signs on a stick.
People here like to read up on what's going on & want to get an idea of what thier neighbors are thinking. It won't change their minds and it won't change thier ways. It's just a place where you can safely express your neighborhood views.
Are You kidding? They're kids!
And the building was ALWAYS a school!!
What difference does it matter if the parents are rich? Besides, do you have any idea how much any Parochial School is getting these days?
"Any school (private or public) that will improve our childern's lives is always welcome."
It's interesting to see how easy people can be nasty when they are anonymous!
To 8:58, your post is chocking to me! You think it's better to have an empty building than a school? As Raised in Brooklyn pointed out, it was always a school. Then, in case you didn't notice, the neighborhood of Carroll garden was always a place of immigrants and yes, there are plenty of foreigners (and americans) probably happy to have an international school in the neighborhood.
Finally, in a city like NY, with so much public transportation, people should use their bike and forget about cars & parking.
Stephanie
This is a bit crazy - is Carroll Gardens really xenophobic? I thought it was an old Italian neighborhood.
And why are parking spaces and light bulbs more important to people from Carroll Gardens than the education of children.
What is going on here?
So are they going to open and fill up the street with kids?
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