Program for Gifted Students at Brooklyn School Discontinued Over Diversity Concerns
Progress? Pth
A popular gifted program will get the axe after Ditmas Park school officials chose diversity over exclusivity.
Citing a lack of diversity, PS 139 Principal Mary McDonald informed parents in a letter that the Students of Academic Rigor and two other in-house programs would no longer accept applications for incoming kindergartners.
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This is what's best for the children: breaking it all down to the lowest common denominator. Right?