Academy of Urban Planning

Academy of Urban Planning
Address
400 Irving Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°54′43″W / 40.69694°N 73.91194°W / 40.69694; -73.91194
Information
Type Public high school
Established 2003
School board New York City Public Schools
School number K552
Principal Jorge Sandoval
Faculty 21.8 FTEs[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 280 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 12.8:1[1]
Website http://schools.nyc.gov/schoolportals/32/k552/default.htm

Academy of Urban Planning is a small Public high school located in Brooklyn, New York on the Bushwick High School Campus. Academy of Urban Planning shares a building with three other schools including Academy of Environmental Leadership, Bushwick School for Social Justice and New York Harbor School. Academy of Urban Planning was established in 2003 as a result of a partnership between the New York City Department of Education and New Visions for Public Schools.[2] New Visions for Public Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational reform. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation New Visions redesigned failing New York City high schools and transformed them into smaller learning communities.

Academy of Urban Planning was founded by parents, teachers, students and staff from the school's lead partner, Center for the Urban Environment.[3]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 280 students and 21.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 267 students (95.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 8 (2.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Through the school's theme of urban planning students take a sequence of courses including Art, Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Sociology, Geographic Information Systems and Senior Seminar in Democracy and Leadership. The school also offers Advanced Placement courses in English Literature, Statistics and Human Geography and a Latino Studies elective. Academy of Urban Planning offers all students the opportunity to participate in the arts, community service, mentoring, college planning and community advocacy.

Stories about Academy of Urban Planning have been featured in local and national media including MTV's Thinkover Your School, US News and World Report, New York Daily News, Newsday, The Bushwick Observer, EL Diario and News 12. In 2005, Academy of Urban Planning received the William H. T. Whyte award for innovation in urban planning. Academy of Urban Planning's students' work has been exhibited at the Municipal Art Society and the Brooklyn Historical Society.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for Academy Of Urban Planning, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "New Visions for Public Schools". Newvisions.org. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  3. ↑ "Education Technology Professional Development". CUE. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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