Senator Hamilton Speaks out in Support of Community-Based Coalition Promoting Quality Education

(Brooklyn, NY - July 8, 2015) Senator Hamilton, education advocates, and parents together expressed their support for a new middle school in Prospect Heights yesterday morning. “‘M.S. OneBrooklyn is a vision for a middle school that reflects the diversity of Brooklyn, from a community-based coalition promoting quality education,’ said state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, whose district includes District 13 families in Prospect Heights and Park Slope”  -  the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports, Community, Brooklyn leaders announce vision for public middle school at Atlantic Yards.

Rachel Holliday Smith at DNAinfo writes, Parents Form Lobbying Group to Push for Middle School at Atlantic Yards. Noah Hurowitz at the Brooklyn Paper reports, Tween spirit: Locals demand middle school in Atlantic Yards. Norman Oder at Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report writes, Coalition calls for M.S. OneBrooklyn, dedicated "quality" middle school at Atlantic Yards site, with arts/science focus; CB 8 on board, not CB 2; need trumps location concerns.