32nd Avenue Construction

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Fiction #1 Community Board 11/ School District 26/ Council District 19 needs anew high school.

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The Truth -Ms. Melissa La occa o! the SC" said that high schools must #e loo$ed at on a

Borough-wide #asis as students ha%e the right to a&&ly to any schools.-De&uty Chancellor 'li(a#eth ose has said )*! you loo$ at the total enrollment in all o!our #uildings in aggregate and com&are that to the total ca&acity o! all o! our #uildings inaggregate+ there are in !act enough seats., 1- nly 20 o! the D's 34 high schools ha%e a (oned &rogram. S' uses these&rograms to &lace out o! (one students into schools.-5he D's !!ice o! Student 'nrollment S' decides which and how many highschool students are assigned to each school- not &arent or student choice. It has soleauthority.

- 60% of the students attending Bayside, Benjain !ardo"o, ueens$ igh &choolof Teaching ' Francis (e)is igh &chools are not "oned for these schools. *&+assigns the.

- nly ueen 91 high schools are assigned students #y S' in num#ers more than1647 o! their SC" Blue Boo$ ca&acity8 in district 6 Bayside ' Francis (e)is,1 inDistrict 2 :orest ;ills < 1 in District 2. 2- 5he a%erage utili(ation !or all 91 ueens high schools is 14.7 #ut schools in District26 are assigned students #y S' in much larger num#ers Cardo(o-127+ Bayside-1627+ :rancis Lewis-1927 than anywhere else. 2- 5he S' assigns students to 64 o! ueens 91 high schools in nu/ers less than100% the school$s &! utili"ation caacitySC" Blue Boo$. 2- 5hese 64 underutili(ed schools ha%e +6= unused seats a%aila#le right now. 2- == o! ueens 9 Middle Schools ha%e =+934 unused a%aila#le seats right now !or 9thgrade or high school use. 2- "t the same time+ the == 'lementary schools in Districts 2= < 26 are short 6+129 seats

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!onclusion #1 %ercrowding in the high schools within Community Board 11/ School District 26/Council District 19 is #y S' design. More seats are not needed while many other highschools ha%e seats and middle schools ha%e enough s&ace !or 9thgrades+ co-locationso! high schools+ or 6-12 schools in e>isting #uildings. This ne) school is not needed.

Fiction # 5he SC" < CM ?allone want community in&ut a#out the new school.

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The Truth -CM ?allone has stated @Ae cant sto& it., 5his indicates his inter&retation o! @community

in&ut, does not include in&ut concerning #uilding the school or not.-*n une+ the SC" announced the #uilding as a Bayside ;igh School "nne> and secured113.6 million in !unding !or it with no community announcement nor in&ut. '%en the sta!o! Bayside ;igh School across the street !rom the site was not in!ormed.- +444 signed &etitions against the #uilding o! the school were deli%ered to multi&le&arties+ including the SC" and CM ?allone totally ignored with no res&onse.- 5he SC" signed the contract o! sale without &rior notice to anyone on C11 or in thecommunity e>ce&t CM ?allone.


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- Ms. La occa o! the SC" has said there will #e no sta!! &ar$ing and that the communitywould ha%e to @&ut u& with it., CM ?allone said onsite sta!! &ar$ing was &ossi#le.- Ms. La occa o! the SC" has said that the reEuired en%ironmental im&act and tra!!icstudies ha%e ne%er &re%ented the SC" !rom #uilding any &roFect #e!ore+ indicating theyare &ro-!orma. CM ?allone said these studies would ha%e community in&ut. Ms. Ms. Laocca o! the SC" has said they ha%e no &lans to s&ea$ with the local community

residents.- "rtists rendering o! the school !irst shown at Borough Gresident Hat( une meetingha%e not #een made a%aila#le to CB 11 or the local community.

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!onclusion # Io true community in&ut has #een or will #e sought !or this &roFect.

Fiction #4 CM ?allone has said that the #uilding would #e a&&ro&riate to theneigh#orhood and not more than two or three stories.

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The Truth - 5he lot si(e is =+444 sE!t. !or a school to ser%ice 02 students. Based on S'sreEuirements !or District 26 utili(ation+ this will #ecome 1+444 students %ery Euic$ly. 3- "n elementary school !or 16 students+ currently under SC" construction the HeilBrothers site !or =4 million is 0=+444 gs! and will ha%e !loors &lus #asement !loor&lans %iewa#le at htt&8//www.ra!tarchitects.com/nyc&s332E/.- Jsing 124-14 sE!t &er student D' range+ the 32nd"%enue school will need to #e0+444 to 131+444 sE!t to ser%ice 02 students.- Aith a &lot si(e o! =+444 sE!t. and set-#ac$/o&en s&ace o! 347K this will reEuire to 6!loors.- "rtists rendering o! the school !irst shown at Borough Gresident Hat( une meetingha%e not #een made a%aila#le to CB 11 or the local community. *t is &rimarily glass andsteel.

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!onclusion #4 *! #uilt+ it will #e multi-story glass < steel entirely out o! character with the neigh#orhood

Fiction #5 CM ?allone has said the school would ser%ice all local children.

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The Truth -S' &olicy is that all high schools are o&en to all ueens residents who a&&ly. S'&laces students and determines utili(ation as it sees !it. Io community has in&ut intothese centrali(ed &olicies.

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!onclusion #5 *! #uilt+ residents will ha%e no say as to the schools enrollment &olicies.

Fiction # CM ?allone has said the school could #e s&eciali(ed or screened.

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The Truth -Screened and s&eciali(ed &rograms are under e>traordinary &ressure to #e o&en to alla&&licants !rom the Borough with no &riority !or local students. S' &olicy is that all higschools are o&en to all ueens residents who a&&ly. S' &laces students < determineutili(ation as it sees !it. Io community has in&ut into these centrali(ed &olicies.

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!onclusion # *! #uilt+ residents will ha%e no say as to the schools enrollment &olicies.

Fiction #6 &&onents o! the school are racist and this is Fust I*MB not in my#ac$yard syndrome.

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The Truth -*s it not more racist to assume that @good, schools that will attract students need to #e#uilt in communities that are li%ed in #y a &redominantly white and "sian &o&ulation- 5he e>isting high schools within Community Board 11/ School District 26/ CouncilDistrict 19 already ser%e thousands o! students !rom all &arts o! ueens and #eyond

including students o! all ethnic and economic #ac$grounds.-Bayside ;igh School+ Aorld ournalism ;igh School+ ;oly Cross ;igh School+ Sacred;eart School+ the Lutheran School o! :lushing+ Blessed Sacrament School+ the LowellSchool+ GS 1+ GS 1=9+ and *S 2= are all )ithin a inute )al7 fro the roosedsitewith ten more schools within a 14 minute wal$.-Local history illustrates that high schools too close to each other can de%elo& con!lictand dangerous situations e.g. amaica+ ;illcrest < 5homas 'dison ;igh Schoolissues.- Sources contend that CM ?allone in%ited the SC" to #id on the Bayside ewish Cente&ro&erty to &re%ent the Horean Community Ser%ices o! Metro&olitan I !rom &urchasinit. *! correct+ could this not #e considered somewhat racist

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!onclusion #6 5he local community is already o%er#urdened with schools that ser%ice the entireBorough. 5he o&&osition is not a#out race nor I*MB.

Fiction #8 5he construction is ine%ita#le. CM ?allone stated @Ae cant sto& itNe%en i! * %ote against it+ the Council will %ote !or it.,


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The Truth - 5he 'ducation Committee o! CB11 can ma$e a great im&act #y recommending to CB11 to %ote against this &ro&osed school.- CB 11 can ma$e a great im&act #y %oting against this &ro&osed school and deny this&roFect any claim o! ha%ing community su&&ort.

- Io mem#er o! the City Council will %ote !or anything in a colleagues district that thecolleague himsel!/hersel! does not endorse.- Council mem#ers can arrange !or their colleagues to %ote in !a%or o! &roFects in theirdistrict which they themsel%es will %ote against !or &olitical co%er e.g. Heil Brothers.- "n in%estigation concerning con!licts o! interest and &ossi#le illegalities emanating!rom this deal is already underway and could a!!ect this deal.- "n organi(ed and large &lacement o! &u#lic comments to the SC" &rior to Io%em#er24thwould ser%e as e%idence o! community o&&osition.- Senator "%ella has already !iled com&laints with the "ttorney Oeneral citingirregularities in this sale. ;e is see$ing to hear !rom local residents concerning a&ossi#le class action suit to halt this &rocess and a#andon this &roFect.- "ssem#lyman Braunstein and Congress Mem#er Meng ha%e already contacted the

SC" to a#andon this &roFect.- Direct a&&eals to Melissa Mar$-?i%erito S&ea$er o! the City Council and to CM DanieDromm Chair 'ducation Committee and to CM Da%id Oreen!ield Chair Land JseCommittee can result in the &ro&osal #eing ta#led.- Direct a&&eals to Mayor Di Blasio can result in the &ro&osal #eing %etoed i! it &assesthe City Council.

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!onclusion #8 5his is not ine%ita#le and community in&ut should not #e limited to &ic$ing out car&etsam&les. ;owe%er+ time is limited.

Fiction #9 "t %arious times+ CM ?allone has &ortrayed his interest in this &roFecas him trying to sa%e the community !rom a social ser%ices agency+as trying to sa%e the community !rom the SC"s disregard+ and astrying to #ring something new+ needed and attracti%e to thecommunity.

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The Truth - CM ?allone is !ully aware that the community does not want this &roFect and does nottrust any &romises or assurances issued to them #y the SC".- CM ?allone is !ully aware that current SC" and D' data shows this &roFect is notcurrently needed and that SC"s &roFections show that any such construction will not #e

needed !or at least the ne>t !i%e years.- CM ?allone is aware that this &roFect can #e sto&&ed and e%en claims credit !orsto&&ing the #uilding o! a high school in Ahitestone .- Grior to his 2413 election+ CM ?allone was a registered lo##yist !rom Constantino&le

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