January 21, 2013 : DNAinfo : by Andrea Swalec
GREENWICH VILLAGE — Two new middle schools and a special needs program could be on the way to the West Village, the New York City School Construction Authority announced.
Officials are considering constructing a 900-student facility in the seven-story building at 75 Morton St., which is currently used by the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, said SCA President Lorraine Grillo…
School representatives and members of Community Board 2 and the Community Education Council for District 2 said they were looking at several options for new schools within the 177,000-square-foot building. They hope to reduce pressure on area schools and keep children near their homes in the West Village, Greenwich Village, the Meatpacking District and Chelsea instead of sending them to schools all over the city…
CB2 and CEC members said in a joint presentation that the possibilities they have been considering include an elementary school and middle school with 600 to 700 seats, one large middle school with 700 to 900 seats, and a school that could house a 100-student capacity pre-kindergarten and kindergarten plus an 800-student middle and high school…
The opportunity to have such leeway in planning a school is rare, said newly instated State Sen. Brad Hoylman, who championed the creation of the school as CB 2 chairman.
“For the first time,” he said, “we’re building something from the ground up.”
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