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St. Francis College Welcomes 180 Students from East New York Prep Charter School

This story was shot by St. Francis College student Jake King and reported by SFC's Maria Papathanasiou. More than 180 student in kindergarten through third grade from East New York Prep Charter School, along with the head of the school and their teachers spent the day at St. Francis College on Friday, June 19 learning from professors and college students about what they can achieve if they stay true to the values instilled in them by their principal. St. Francis College (www.stfranciscollege.edu) Education Department Chairperson Richard Giaquinto, who organized the visit, told the students he expected to see about 90% of them attending St. Francis College about ten years from now. We will be working with East New York Prep for years to come, following these students, sending our College students to student-teach there and enriching their program in other ways, he said. It will be great to track their development and see the positive impact we can have on these children. (Watch the story on SFC TV) The head of East New York Prep, Sheila Joseph, is a former criminal defense attorney who became an educator after learning about a study that found how much New York City was spending to incarcerate people based on each city block. She says that East New York and Brownsville had 13 so-called Million Dollar Blocks, meaning more than a million dollars and up to 5 million for one block, was spent to incarcerate people from each of those city blocks. I wanted to start a school with ...

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