Canarsie High School
Canarsie High School was a public high school in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie in New York City. It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011. The building currently operates as Canarsie Educational Campus, housing several smaller high schools.
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Key facts
• Name — Canarsie High School • Location — 1600 Rockaway Parkway Brooklyn, New York • Zipcode — 11236 • Country — United States • District — New York City Geographic District #18 • Principal — Angelo Marrah • Enrollment — 2,885 • Enrollment As Of — 2007–08 • Type — Public • Grades — 9 to 12 • Sports — Baseball,Basketball,Football,Soccer • Team Name — The Chiefs • Colors — Blue,Black,White • Established — 1964 • Closed — 2011 (reopened as Canarsie Educational Campus)
Closing
Closing
Under the Impact Schools initiative in 2004, Canarsie High School received increased police and security presence. In 2007, it was announced Canarsie would close because it "was in such disarray that the only way to fix it would be to shut it down, replacing it with several smaller schools on the same campus. The school had received the lowest possible grades (F and U) under the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports. This was part of a trend in the city beginning in the 1990s and embraced by the administration of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg to convert failing large high schools into educational campuses. For the 2007-2008 academic year, the school stopped admitting new students. Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011.
Student demographics
Student demographics
84.51% Black or African American, 11.47% Hispanic or Latino, 2.07% White non-Hispanic, 1.66% Asian and 0.28% Native American. The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18.
Current schools
Current schools
Three schools, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, High School for Medical Professions, and Urban Action Academy, are currently operating in the Canarsie campus.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Ill Bill, Hip-Hop artist from Canarsie • Warren Cuccurullo, pop and rock guitarist • Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales, rapper (The Fat Boys and solo), producer, songwriter, radio personality, actor • Alan Edelman, mathematician, computer scientist, co-creator of the Julia programming language • World B. Free, NBA basketball player • Lotti Golden singer-songwriter, writer/producer, musician, guitarist • Geoff Huston-NBA player • Karl Kani, fashion designer • Randy Katz, computer scientist • Dan Morogiello, major league baseball player • Arlie Petters, mathematical physicist • John "Spider" Salley, NBA basketball player and talk show host • Lance Schulters NFL player • Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. • Evan Seinfield, actor, singer • Curtis Sliwa, Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host, 2021 mayoral candidate for New York City • Stuart Sternberg, owner of the Tampa Bay Rays • Clarence Taylor • Taxstone, podcast host and Twitter personality • Leon Williams, NFL player
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- 1.Phillips, Anna M. SCHOOLBOOK; Report Assesses Final Year at Closing Schools. The New York Times. February 2, 2012.
- 2."Learning Environment Survey Report 2007-2008" (PDF). New York City Department of Education. "Enrollment: 2544"
- 3.New York City Department of Education. 2016 New York City High School Directory. schools.nyc.gov. 2015.
- 4.Drum Major Institute. A Look At The Impact Schools: A Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Data Brief June 2005. prisonpolicy.org. June 2005.
- 5.Medina, Jennifer. At Canarsie High, Now Marked for Closing, Loyalty Prevails. The New York Times. December 24, 2007.
- 6.Monahan, Rachel. Canarsie High School to offer new classes, tougher discipline code. Daily News (New York). December 5, 2007.
- 7.Friedman, Neil S. Canarsie High School Will Be "Phased Out" In 2008. Canarsie Courier. December 13, 2007.
- 8.Holloway, Lynette. A Small Strategy for Troubled Giants. The New York Times. May 16, 2001.
- 9.Elliott, Stuart. The First Graduates From Advertising High. The New York Times. June 17, 2012.
- 10.Gutierrez, Paul. World B. Free, Nba Gunner. Sports Illustrated. May 8, 1999.
- 11.The Baseball Cube. Canarsie (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball.
- 12.Esposito, Diana. Canarsie Once Home To Several Who Attained Fame & Fortune. Canarsie Courier. June 12, 2003.
- 13.He bosses a band of angels. Brooklyn Eagle. March 26, 2012.
- 14.Hau, Louis. Rays buyer: financial whiz who loves baseball. St. Petersburg Times. January 30, 2004.
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