FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Commissioner Mills Names 15 New SURR Schools, Announces 5 Others To Close
Seven SURR Schools Improve Enough To Come Off The List Eight Current SURR Schools To Close
State Education Commissioner Richard Mills today placed 15 Schools Under Registration Review SURR and reached agreements with New York City and Poughkeepsie to phase out and close five schools that otherwise would have been named to the SURR list.
In addition, seven schools have improved enough to come off the SURR list. And eight current (SURR) schools will be phased out and closed.
These actions bring the total number of Schools Under Registration Review to 68 statewide, 32 of them in New York City.
Of the new schools placed under registration review this school year, six are in New York City, four in Rochester, two in Syracuse and one each in Albany, Buffalo and Mount Vernon. Of the seven removed schools, four are in New York City, and one each in Buffalo, Syracuse and Wyandanch.
Commissioner Mills said, “The smaller number of schools this year reflects in part the significant improvement of many schools in grade 3-8 English and math. We will now work with each of the new SURR schools to help them raise student achievement.”
The Commissioner announced that he has reached agreements with the Chancellor of the New York City public schools and the superintendents of the Buffalo and Yonkers School Districts to phase out a total of eight current SURR schools (five in NYC, two in Buffalo and one in Yonkers).
Five schools that would have been placed on the SURR list will be closed, four in New York City and one in Poughkeepsie.
Last year, the cutpoints for SURR identification were raised by eight points on the School Performance Index for Grade 3-8 English and high school English and math. The cutpoint for Grade 3-8 math was not raised because to do so would have required that the cutpoint be set higher than the NCLB goal that is used to determine whether a school has made Adequate Yearly Progress. However, many of the lowest performing schools in the State showed strong gains in performance last year. Therefore, the number of schools farthest from State standards declined from 05-06 to 06-07 despite the increase in the cutpoints. This, combined with the aggressive efforts of some districts to close low-performing schools, resulted in fewer schools being identified for registration review this year.
Since 1989, 308 schools have been identified for registration review. Of these, 204 have been removed because of improving academic performance, including 112 that have been removed since 2001. An additional 60 schools that did not meet their performance targets have been closed by school districts, including five last year.
The level of achievement that schools were required to demonstrate to avoid possible consideration for registration review was a Performance Index of 98 in Elementary-Middle Level English, 85 in Elementary-Middle Level math, and 108 in high school English and mathematics.
Attached are lists of schools identified for, and removed from, registration review.
ATTACHMENT A
New Schools Identified for Registration Review
January 2008
| School |
District |
Criterion |
Cutpoint for |
2006-2007 Performance |
|
Phillip Livingston Magnet Academy |
Albany |
3-8 Math |
85 |
81 |
|
P.S. 11 Poplar Street Academy |
Buffalo |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
80 |
|
Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School |
Rochester |
3-8 Math |
85 |
78 |
|
Bioscience and Health Career High School at Franklin |
Rochester |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
93 |
|
School of Engineering and Manufacturing |
Rochester |
HS ELA |
108 |
105 |
|
Global Media Arts High School At Franklin |
Rochester |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
91 |
|
Delaware Elementary School |
Syracuse |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
92 |
|
Blodgett Elementary School |
Syracuse |
3-8 Math |
85 |
77 |
|
Nelson Mandela Community High School |
Mount Vernon |
HS ELA |
108 |
88 |
|
IS 286 Renaissance Military and Leadership |
NYC CSD 5 |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
96 |
|
MS 326 Writers Today and Leaders Tomorrow |
NYC CSD 6 |
3-8 Math |
85 |
84 |
|
PS/IS 224 |
NYC CSD 7 |
3-8 Math |
85 |
79 |
|
MS 201 |
NYC CSD 8 |
3-8 ELA |
98 |
91 |
|
New Millennium Business Academy Middle School |
NYC CSD 9 |
3-8 Math |
85 |
74 |
|
Bushwick Community High School |
NYC CSD 32 |
HS ELA |
108 |
79 |
ATTACHMENT B
Schools Removed from Registration Review
January 2008
|
District |
School |
Year Identified |
Criteria |
Performance Index |
Targets |
|
Buffalo |
Harriet Ross Tubman |
2004 |
3-8 ELA |
123 |
113 |
|
Syracuse |
George Fowler High School |
2005 |
HS Math |
131 |
117 |
|
Wyandanch |
Milton L. Olive |
2001 |
3-8 ELA |
120 |
118 |
|
2 |
Legacy High School |
2005 |
HS ELA |
133 |
113 |
|
HS Math |
153 |
106 |
|||
|
9 |
JHS 117 |
2001 |
3-8 ELA |
121 |
118 |
|
3-8 Math |
111 |
105 |
|||
|
9 |
CIS 219 |
2003 |
3-8 ELA |
120 |
113 |
|
3-8 Math |
103 |
85 |
|||
|
13 |
JHS 265 |
2005 |
3-8 ELA |
127 |
122 |
Attachment C
SURR Schools to Be Phased Out/Closed
|
District |
School |
Year Identified |
Year of Closure |
|
Buffalo |
Burgard High School |
2001 |
2011 |
|
Buffalo |
Harvey Austin |
2005 |
2011 |
|
Yonkers |
Commerce Middle School |
2006 |
2008 |
|
NYC CSD 7 |
PS 156 |
2004 |
2009 |
|
NYC CSD 7 |
PS 220 |
2005 |
2009 |
|
NYC CSD 18 |
Canarsie High School |
2006 |
2011 |
|
NYC CSD 19 |
Franklin K. Lane High School |
2002 |
2011 |
|
NYC CSD 27 |
Far Rockaway High School |
2004 |
2011 |
Attachment D
Schools Not Identified for Registration Review Because of Decision to Phase Out/Close School
|
District |
School |
Year of Closure |
|
Poughkeepsie |
Circle of Courage Learning Center |
2008 |
|
NYC 10 |
Walton High School |
2008 |
|
NYC 12 |
Business School For Entrepreneurial Studies |
2010 |
|
NYC 14 |
J.H.S. 49, William J. Gaynor |
2009 |
|
NYC 18 |
South Shore High School |
2010 |
Attachment E
Schools Under Registration Review (SURR)
January 2008
|
District |
School |
BEDS |
Year Identified* |
SED Status – Group |
|
75 |
PS 12 |
307500012012 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
02 |
Graphic Communications |
310200011625 |
2004 |
Corrective Action – Group 12A |
|
04 |
JHS 13 |
310400010013 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
04 |
JHS 45 |
310400010045 |
2006 |
Corrective Action– Group 14 |
|
05 |
IS 172 |
310500010172 |
2003 |
Corrective Action – Group 11A (Closing 6/2010) |
|
05 |
I.S. 286 Renaissance Military and Leadership |
310500010286 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
06 |
MS 326 Writers Today and Leaders Tomorrow |
310600010326 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
07 |
JHS 151 |
320700010151 |
2004 |
Corrective Action – Group 12A |
|
07 |
PS 156 |
320700010156 |
2004 |
Corrective Action – Group 12A (Closing 6/2009) |
|
07 |
MS 203 |
320700010203 |
2006 |
Corrective Action– Group 14 |
|
07 |
PS 220 |
320700010220 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A (Closing 6/2009) |
|
07 |
PS/IS 224 |
320700010224 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
08 |
JHS 123 |
320800010123 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
08 |
MS 201 |
320800010201 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
08 |
MS 301 |
320800010301 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
08 |
MS 302 |
320800010302 |
2005 |
Corrective Action– Group 13A |
|
09 |
JHS 22 |
320900010022 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
09 |
IS 232 |
320900010232 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
09 |
New Millennium Business Academy Middle School |
320900010328 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
09 |
IS 339 |
320900010339 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
10 |
MS 399 |
321000010399 |
2003 |
Corrective Action – Group 11A |
|
13 |
JHS 258 |
331300010258 |
2001 |
Fourth Year Redesign – Group 9 (Closing 6/2009) |
|
16 |
JHS 57 |
331600010057 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
16 |
MS 143 |
331600010143 |
2005 |
Phasing Out – Group 13 (Closing 6/2008) |
|
17 |
PS 12 |
331700010012 |
2005 |
First Year Redesign – Group 13 |
|
17 |
IS 246 |
331700010246 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
18 |
Canarsie HS |
331800011500 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 (Closing 6/2011) |
|
19 |
Franklin K. Lane |
331900011420 |
2002 |
Third Year Redesign – Group 10 (Closing 6/2011) |
|
32 |
IS 291 |
333200010291 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
32 |
IS 349 |
333200010349 |
2003 |
Corrective Action – Group 11A |
|
32 |
Bushwick Community HS |
333200010564 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
27 |
Far Rockaway |
342700011465 |
2004 |
Second Year Redesign – Group 12 (Closing 6/2011) |
Upstate SURR Schools
|
|
|
BEDS |
|
|
|
Albany |
Philip Livingston Magnet Academy |
010100010031 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Buffalo |
Buffalo Elementary School Of Technology |
140600010006 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 11 Poplar Street Academy |
140600010011 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 18 |
140600010018 |
2002 |
Third Year Redesign– Group 10 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 19 |
140600010019 |
2003 |
Second Year Redesign – Group 11 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 37 |
140600010037 |
2004 |
Corrective Action – Group 12A |
|
Buffalo |
Mayor Frank A. Sedita |
140600010038 |
2001 |
PS 38 was closed in June 2006 and merged with PS 77 to become the Frank A Sedita School, effective September 2006 |
|
Buffalo |
P.S. 53 |
140600010053 |
2001 |
Fourth Year Redesign – Group 9 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 61 |
140600010061 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
Buffalo |
PS 74 Hamlin Park Elementary School |
140600010074 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Buffalo |
PS 76 – Herman Badillo |
140600010076 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
Buffalo |
Burgard High School |
140600010101 |
2001 |
Fourth Year Redesign – Group 9 (Closing 6/2011) |
|
Buffalo |
Grover Cleveland High School |
140600010103 |
2003 |
Second Year Redesign – Group 11 |
|
Buffalo |
South Park H.S. |
140600010110 |
2002 |
Third Year Redesign – Group 10 |
|
Buffalo |
West Hertel Elementary School |
140600010118 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13A |
|
Buffalo |
Grabiarz School Of Excellence |
140600010129 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Buffalo |
Harvey Austin School |
140600010197 |
2005 |
School Added to SURR list as result of Merger of PS 171 and Buffalo Traditional in 2/2005. (Closing 6/2011) |
|
Rochester |
Thomas Jefferson High School |
261600010063 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Rochester |
James Monroe High School |
261600010066 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Rochester |
Joseph C. Wilson Magnet HS |
261600010067 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Rochester |
Frederick Douglas |
261600010072 |
2001 |
Fourth Year Redesign – Group 9 (Closing) |
|
Rochester |
Bioscience & Health Career HS at Franklin |
261600010076 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Rochester |
School for Engineering & Manufacturing |
261600010082 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Rochester |
Global Media Arts at Franklin |
261600010084 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Rochester |
International Finance & Economic Development HS At Franklin |
261600010086 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Roosevelt |
Roosevelt Campus Schools: |
280208030005 |
1990 |
Under Jurisdiction of Special Legislative Act. In 2004 the Roosevelt Junior-High School was split into the Roosevelt Middle School and the Roosevelt High School |
|
Syracuse |
Clary Math/Science Magnet Middle School |
421800010003 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Syracuse |
Applied Science Magnet At MLK Community School |
421800010018 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Syracuse |
Seymour Magnet |
421800010028 |
2005 |
Corrective Action – Group 13 |
|
Syracuse |
Elmwood Elementary School |
421800010029 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Syracuse |
Delaware Elementary School |
421800010041 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Syracuse |
James A. Shea MS |
421800010045 |
2000 |
Phasing Out – Group 8 (Closing 6/2008) |
|
Syracuse |
Blodgett Elementary School |
421800010055 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Wyandanch |
Wyandanch Memorial HS |
580109020003 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
|
Mount Vernon |
Nelson Mandela Community HS |
660900010025 |
2007 |
Newly Identified – Group 15 |
|
Yonkers |
Commerce Middle |
662300010054 |
2006 |
Corrective Action – Group 14 |
*Year identified refers to the school year of initial identification, i.e., 1989 means the school was identified during the 1989-90 school year. For former SURR schools that were re-identified, year identified is the year of re-identification. Group designations are based upon year of most recent identification or redesign. Schools that are phasing out are eliminating grades and not enrolling new students.
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