New Schools

New Schools Development

Each year, community leaders, educators, and educational organizations collaborate and form new school planning teams that submit new public school ideas to the New York City Department of Education. Since 2002 when Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein initiated the Children First reforms,  the DOE has opened hundreds of new schools through this new school proposal process. In addition, dozens of charter schools have opened through the charter school proposal process.

If you are interested in forming a new school planning team, or if you are already on a new school planning team, the links below will lead you to important and relevant documents.

• New Schools Proposal Process
• New Schools Development Workshop
• Fall Calendar
  
• Session 1 - New School Process
  
• Session 2 - Curriculum and Instruction
  
• Session 3 - Culture and Personalization
  
• Session 4 - Data and Assessment
  
• Session 5 - Scheduling
  
• Session 6 - Leadership and Governance
  
• Session 7 - Differentiated Instruction
  
• Session 8 - Budget and Staffing
  
• Session 9 - Interview Process
  
• Office of Portfolio Development
• Office of Student Enrollment
• School Calendar
• Contact Us

For more information on the New Schools Initiative, please click on the links below.

Informational flyer on the New Schools Initiative in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Urdu  

Click here for a list of the new schools opening in September 2008