NY1 Exclusive: High-Ranking LES School Has Nine Open DOE Investigations
It's the first in the country to teach in both English and Mandarin. The celebrated bilingual classes at the Shuang Wen School are mandatory. But NY1 has learned that this year, the mostly low-income students were told to start paying for those classes at a cost of $1,000 each.
"You have parents that are working two or three low income jobs just to get by and yet they are being forced to pay this thousand dollars so their children be able to perform in this academic environment and it's supposed to be a public school,"s aid P.S. 184 parent Saultan Baptiste.
When NY1 went to education officials and asked if this was legal, they admitted it's wrong and under investigation. It's one of nine investigations involving the school.
The school brochure explains, “Instruction in Mandarin takes place primarily during Shuang Wen’s mandatory after-school program."
The school says payment is mandatory, too.
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