SPOTLIGHT ON: PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
By Christine Bruzzese
Central
Grammar School opened in 1878 in Brooklyn. Currently known as Boys and
Girls High School, it is the oldest high school in New York City to begin
as a public school. High schools have played an important role in New
York City life preparing young people for college and careers. This article
features some resources on high schools that can be explored in the City
Hall Library collection.
Directory of the New York City Public High Schools: 2005-2006 provides
summary descriptions of high schools, the programs offered, enrollment
figures, graduation rates, etc. Sections on such topics as special needs
students, program choices and selecting the appropriate school are also
included. Individual maps for each borough pinpoint the exact location
of the schools. Earlier editions dating back to the 1980's and
1990's can also be found in the collection and may serve as historical
research aids.
Toward the 21st Century is a report prepared by the Task Force on High
School Design, appointed by the Chancellor of Schools. Published in 1971,
this publication outlines problem areas such as outdated curricula, lack
of equal opportunity for all students and need to utilize community resources.
The six problem areas are analyzed in detail then possible solutions
for short and long-term improvement are presented.
The Final Report of the Chancellor's Working Group on High
School Overcrowding from September 1990 details some critical issues
concerning
space utilization in high schools. These include administration of the
schools, management of available space and building and leasing new space.
Statistics on capacity are given, along with possible causes of overcrowding
and recommendations to mitigate the situation.
Sharing Space: Rethinking the Implementation of Small High School
Reform in New York City is a City Council report dated 2005. This publication
explores the issues concerning establishment of "small schools." These
schools are often part of a larger high school and designed with a small
student enrollment in mind, primarily for youths in underprivileged neighborhoods.
A study of thirty-four small schools and their nine host schools was
conducted. The focus was on safety and utilization of space. Findings
and problems are discussed along with recommendations.
Other materials such as curriculum guides, periodicals and Board of
Education Annual Reports may also be helpful for the researcher. Additionally,
vertical files offer articles, other clippings, booklets, etc. on high
schools and related topics.
By the Way
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 to October
15. Explore the resources of the City Hall Library such as city agency
publications, books and clippings on the contributions of Hispanic Americans
to New York City life, culture and history.
ACQUISITIONS LIST, JULY 2007 - AUGUST 2007
The following publications were received by the City Hall Library
in the past two months. Additional government publications
can be found online in our Government
Publications section.
July 2007
AKRF.
Proposed Manhattanville West Harlem rezoning and academic mixed-use development:
draft environmental impact statement. Prepared for N.Y. City. City
Planning Commission, June 15, 2007. (CEQR no. 06DCP032M)
Center for New York City Affairs.
Pressures and possibilities: supporting families and children at home.
New York: The New School, Summer 2007.
Center for New York City Affairs.
A schoolyard in Brooklyn: strengthening families and communities through
the innovative use of public space. New York: The New School, June
2007.
Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy.
The benefits of business improvement districts: evidence from New York
City. New York, New York University, July 2007.
Geismar, Joan.
New York Stock Exchange security and streetscape improvements: stage
1A archaeological assessment. Prepared for AKRF, Inc. November 2003.
Good Jobs New York.
Insider baseball: how current and former public officials pitched a community
shutout for the New York Yankees. July 20, 2007.
Grossman, Jean, Margo Campbell and Becca Raley.
Quality time after school: what instructors can do to enhance learning.
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures, April 2007.
N.Y. City. City Planning, Department of.
Jamaica plan: final environmental impact statement. June 29, 2007. (CEQR
no. 05DCP081Q)
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on Department of Environmental Protection controls over
the issuance and depletion of credits from its reimbursable metering
program. June 26, 2007. (Report no. 7782)
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the compliance of Wollman Rink Operations LLC with its
license agreement and payment of license fees due. July 5, 2007. (Report
no. 7810)
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on pensioners of the New York City Fire Department working
for the City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December 31, 2005. June
28, 2007. (Report no. 7792).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the Department of Homeless Services Administration of
its billing system and miscellaneous expense accounts. June 29, 2007.
(Report no. 7808).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on Department of Youth and Community Development oversight
and monitoring of Beacon Centers. June 27, 2007 (Report no. 7787).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on Fire Department controls over the inspection of fire
alarms systems. June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7807).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on Little Flower Children and Family Services Foster Care
contract with the Administration for Children's Services. June
27, 2007 (Report no. 7788).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on pedagogical pensioners of the New York City Teacher's
Retirement System working for the City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December
31, 2005. June 28, 2007 (Report no. 7794).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on NYC pensioners working for New York State after their
retirement, January 1, 2005-December 31, 2005. June 28, 2007 (Report
no. 7797).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on New York City pensioners working as consultants for the
City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December 31, 2005. June 28,
2007 (Report no. 7798).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on non-pedagogical pensioners of the New York City Department
of Education working for the City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December
31, 2005. June 28, 2007 (Report no. 7796).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on pensioners of the New York City Employees' Retirement
System working for the City after their retirement, January 1, 2005-December
31, 2005. June 28, 2007 (Report no. 7795).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on pensioners of the New York City Fire Department working
for the City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December 31, 2005. June
28, 2007 (Report no. 7792).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on pensioners of the New York City Police Department working
for the City after retirement, January 1, 2005-December 31 2005. June
28, 2007 (Report no. 7793).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the administration of the 59th Street Recreation Center
open-space improvements and fiduciary account by the Department of
Parks and Recreation. June 26, 2007. (Report no. 7783).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the compliance of Alley Pond Golf Center, Inc. with its
license agreement and payment of fees due. June 27, 2007 (Report no.
7789).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the compliance of Astoria Studios Limited Partnership
II with its lease agreement. June 29, 2007. (Report no. 7805).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the compliance of First Tee of Metropolitan New York,
Inc., with its license agreement and payment of fees due. June 29,
2007 (Report no. 7804).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the controls of the Department of Design and Construction
over contractor-provided vehicles. June 26, 2007 (Report no. 7781).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the development and implementation of the capital asset
management system by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7803).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices of the Local 333
Insurance Fund for New York City employees. June 26, 2007 (Report no.
7784).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices of the Local 333
Retirement Insurance Fund for New York City retirees. June 26, 2007
(Report no. 7785).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices in the Manhattan
Borough President's office. June 26, 2007 (Report no. 7779).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices of the New York
County Public Administrator's Office. June 27, 2007 (Report no.
7790).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the licensing and oversight of the carriage-house industry
by the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Consumer Affairs.
June 27, 2007 (Report no. 7791).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the monitoring and tracking of special education services
for elementary school students by the Department of Education. June
29, 2007 (Report no. 7802).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the New York Yankees rental credits for the third quarter
of 2006 (July 1-September 30, 2006). June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7800).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the oversight by the Department of Youth and Community
Development on the immigrant special initiative contracts. June 26,
2007 (Report no. 7780).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the purchasing and inventory practices of the Office
of the Public Advocate. June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7809).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the Samaritan Village contract with the Department of
Correction to operate the Rikers Island Discharge Enhancement Program.
June 26, 2007 (Report no. 7786).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Comptroller's comments on the adopted
budget for fiscal year 2008 and the financial plan for fiscal years 2008-2011.
July 2007.
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on the other than personal services expenditures
of schools within the Department of Education Regional Operations Center
for Regions 3 and District 75. June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7799).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on the other than personal services expenditures
of schools within the Department of Education Regional Operations Center
for Regions 9 and 10. June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7801).
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on the processing of client's permanent
housing applications by the HIV/AIDS Services Administration of the Human
Resources Administration. June 29, 2007 (Report no. 7806).
N.Y. City. Council. Finance Committee.
An inquiry into the health risks of congestion pricing on the outer-boroughs:
interim report. July 15, 2007.
N.Y. City. Finance, Department of.
Annual report on tax expenditures. Fiscal year 2007.
N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Library funding: subsidies rebound, disparities remain. (IBO Fiscal Brief)
July 2007.
N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
New welfare rules may be costly for the City. (IBO Fiscal Brief) July
2007.
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Crotona Play Center: designation report. June 26, 2007 (Designation list
393)
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Crotona Play Center Bath House interior. June 26, 2007 (Designation list
393)
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
486 Greenwich Street House:
designation report. July 24, 2007 (Designation list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
488 Greenwich Street House: designation report. June 24, 2007. (Designation
list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Frederick C. and Birdsall Otis Edey residence: designation report. July
24, 2007 (Designation list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Henry Seligman residence: designation report. July 24, 2007. (Designation
list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
McCarren Play Center: designation report. July 24, 2007 (Designation
list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Sunnyside Gardens Historic District: designation report. June 26, 2007.
(Designation list 393).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Sunset Play Center: designation report. June 24, 2007 (Designation list
394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Sunset Play Center Bath House first floor interior: designation report.
July 24, 2007 (Designation list 394).
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Thomas Jefferson Play Center: designation report. July 24, 2007. (Designation
list 394)
N.Y. City. Management and Budget, Office of.
Expense, revenue, contract: adopted budget fiscal year 2008. With supporting
schedules. 2008.
NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign.
State of the subways report card. Summer 2007.
New Yorkers for Parks.
The report card on beaches 2007: an independent assessment of New York
City's public beaches. New York, 2007.
N.Y. State. Assembly. Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commission.
An inquiry into congestion pricing as proposed in PlaNYC 2030 and S.
6068: interim report. July 9, 2007.
N.Y. State. Financial Control Board.
Review of FYs 2008-2011 financial plan. July 19, 2007.
Regional Plan Association.
An evaluation of alternatives to the New York City congestion pricing
plan. New York, July 2007.
United States Government Accountability Office.
September 11: HHS needs to ensure the availability of health screening
and monitoring for all responders. Report to Congressional requesters.
July 2007.
August 2007
Burnstein, Daniel Eli.
Next to godliness: confronting dirt and despair in progressive era New
York City. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.
Center for an Urban Future.
A bumpy ride: cultural trolleys hold great promise in raising the profile
of arts institutions outside of Manhattan. August 2007.
Center for an Urban Future.
Work in progress: four years after Mayor Bloomberg moved to remake workforce
development in New York City, much has been accomplished... June
2007.
The New School. Center for New York City Affairs.
A schoolyard in Brooklyn: strengthening families and communities through
the innovative use of public space. June 2007.
City University of New York. Board of Trustees.
Proceedings 2006. [2007]
N.Y. City. City Planning, Department of.
Consolidated plan: annual performance report 2006. Effective as of June
29, 2007.
N.Y. City. Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Status report, January – December 2006. June 2007.
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
More hassle than it's worth: problems with the city's M/WBE
Program. July 2007.
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Limited access: problems with ACCESS NYC. August 2007.
N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Putting the brakes on the bus and subway fare: options for eliminating
fare increases in 2008 and 2009. Policy report. August 2007.
N.Y. City. Council. Middle School Task Force.
Report. 2007.
N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Are city vocational education high schools being left behind. August
2007. (IBO Fiscal Brief)
N.Y. City. Investigation, Department of.
A Department of Investigation examination of eleven child fatalities
and one near fatality. A joint report with the Administration for Children's
Services. August 2007.
N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Highbridge Play Center: designation report. August 14, 2007. (Designation
List 395) (LP-2237).
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's guide to senior services in New
York City. August 2007.
N.Y. City. Public Advocate.
The Public Advocate's guide to the summer program in New York City
/ Guia de la defensora publica sobre el programa comidas gratis durante
vernano en la cuidad de Neuva York. July 2007.
Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment.
Confronting climate change in the U.S. Northeast: science, impacts, and
solutions. Cambridge, MA, UCS Publications, July 2007.
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy.
Growing up in New York: 2007 update. Albany, NY, 2007.
Urban Transportation Caucus.
Urban transportation report card. August 2007.
Wagner, Peter, et al.
Phantom constituents in the Empire State: how outdated census bureau
methodology burdens New York counties. Northampton, MA: Prison Policy
Initiative, July 18, 2007.
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