Major school decisions are made by students and staff voting on proposals: one person, one vote. Some decisions must be made by the staff because of law, education policies of New York State and the city school district, and the spirit and philosophy of the school. The decision-making process was developed by the school community in 1976 in order to
How people in a school behave to each other – in classrooms, halls, central office and faculty lounge – sets a tone that has profound effects on what students learn. What makes a school a decent place to be? Walk into a school and you can tell almost at once if it is a decent place to be. The signals