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Students Stage Walkout At Bronx Science
in response to reader comment: I was at this walk out

Submitted by Student (Current Freshman), Jan 17, 2008 22:51

I am currently a freshman of Bronx Science. I was there of the protest since I just happened to have lunch at that time. I heard that there was going to be a walkout but didn't think it was going to happen. I thought that is was just a prank that seniors would have pulled off. It happens so that it was actually true. I am fascinated that there is a sort of like "strike" happening to one of the city's best high school. I have met Ms. Reidy on the first day of school but other wise, I barely ever see her. I don't even see her walking around the halls. Through my own opinion and knowing the fact that lots of teachers were gone or so called fired in the past 4 years, I blame it on Ms. Reidy. Just because she is the principal, she shouldn't have total right to fire the teachers.


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By no means was Stanley Blumenstein a great principal, but every time I go back and every time I read... [MORE]

Sad alum

Jan 27, 2008 12:09

As a recent graduate, I was at Bronx Science before and after Reidy's entrance, and I have to say that... [MORE]

2004 graduate

Jan 23, 2008 23:43

Mr. Schorr's comments are illustrative of the problems we face at Bronx Science. There is constant judging of kids, constant... [MORE]

current parent

Jan 22, 2008 21:40

There are, in a sense, two kinds of students at Bronx Science. Most are so intellectually committed and emotionally... [MORE]

Fredric Schorr

Jan 22, 2008 10:31

For you to honestly say this about the students at bronx science in incredible. We are all bright articulate individuals... [MORE]

current student

Jan 30, 2008 17:43

Whether or not the pretext of a teacher's firing was true, the real cause of this was, as the aricle... [MORE]

Deposed Presdent

Jan 19, 2008 11:51

remember how much everyone liked science when blumenstein was principal? i wish you kids could have known the bronx science... [MORE]

'03

Jan 18, 2008 11:39

Keep in mind this all could have been avoided if former Chancellor Harold Levy had not strong-armed William Stark away... [MORE]

Class of 2004

Jan 18, 2008 02:10

im glad the walk out finally happened, i rmbr students were talking about doing it back then, but i guess... [MORE]

class of 04

Jan 18, 2008 00:42

As the originator of the "No Quack" campaign against Ms. Reidy in 2005 I take issue with her claiming she... [MORE]

Dr Bob Drake

Jan 17, 2008 16:02

In must concur with Dr. Drake. Although I was never taught by him, in my time at Science, I was... [MORE]

04 Science Grad

Jan 18, 2008 13:37

but she is a horrible principal who has ruined everything that was unique or fun about Bronx Science.She has pushed... [MORE]

ext. 155

Jan 17, 2008 14:41

"Dr." Reidy...HA! In 1983, I had her for bio. Because of a shift in some class and schedules for others,... [MORE]

Former Student from 1983

Jan 17, 2008 13:05

I've kept in touch with students at Bronx Science for the past 5 or 6 years, and I've been hearing... [MORE]

an alumnus

Jan 17, 2008 12:02

I graduated from Bronx Science in 2002. I am now an English Teacher in Washington, DC. I can understand the... [MORE]

Ms. V

Jan 17, 2008 11:48

As a recent graduate of Bronx Science who was not an anti-Reidy extremist, I think I can testify to both... [MORE]

yet another former student

Jan 17, 2008 10:36

Essentially what we were protesting were the unfair policies and regulations that have been placed upon us in the past... [MORE]

current student

Jan 16, 2008 22:32

I am currently a freshman of Bronx Science. I was there of the protest since I just happened to have...

Student (Current Freshman)

Jan 17, 2008 22:51

I was a senior the year she became principal. The school used to be a lax environment where students were... [MORE]

another former student

Jan 16, 2008 20:57

The rally STARTED as a protest against the perceived firing of a teacher but many more people showed up to... [MORE]

A-3

Jan 16, 2008 18:51

The last few years has seen a "push" by the Department of Education" to make principals true managers of their... [MORE]

Ronald Stolfi

Jan 16, 2008 15:13

Ronald, As an alumni, I would think that a principal of a great institution with its proud history demands "outstanding" leader... [MORE]

Myong Jin Kim '82

Jan 17, 2008 11:49

I find it curious that 'competent' management would result in disengagement of staff and an uproar by the student body.... [MORE]

Eli Beckerman

Jan 17, 2008 12:35

From the moment she was an interim principal the students and faculty have been completely dissatisfied by her. There were... [MORE]

former student

Jan 16, 2008 10:35

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