sassa Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 New York to Open First U.S. Public School for GaysMon Jul 28, 1:12 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A school in New York's Greenwich Village will reopen in September as America's first publicly run high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, officials said on Monday. Although The Harvey Milk School has been operating with two classrooms for 20 years, $3.2 million is being spent by the City to expand it to take 100 students. Named after a gay San Francisco politician assassinated in 1978, the school will be funded jointly by the city education department and a gay rights youth advocacy group. "Everybody feels that it's a good idea because some of the kids who are gays and lesbians have been constantly harassed and beaten in other schools and this lets them get an education without having to worry," Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters at his daily briefing on Monday. But the head of the New York State Conservative Party said the school was a waste of tax dollars. "This makes absolutely no sense," Long told the New York Post newspaper. "There's no reason these children should be treated separately." The school's first principal is William Salzman, a former Wall Street executive who has recently worked as an assistant high school principal. Salzman was quoted in Monday's New York Post as saying, "This school will be a model for the country and possibly the world." It will specialize in computer technology, art and culinary programs. It will also follow the education department's new mandatory English language and mathematics programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seximofo2k Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Bias towards gays is a problem but i don't see seperation as an answer and definatly do not feel the public should pay for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0nythelover Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 i think this is horrible. from a legal standpoint anyway (im all for equal rights or whatever) but seriously whats up with this, first the court ordered sex change then this? there was an all girl school that tried to open up in manhattan and couldnt cuz it was discriminatory, so how can this pass and the girl school not? i think this type of treatment will only breed more hate against gays. and you know that school is gonna have the ill computers and books and shit meanwhile everyother public school in the city is turning to crap, with no room for students. bad idea. harvey milk high school. not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 its been a seperate high school for years now. the administrators of the school decided to draw attention to themselves and their accomplishments. now the frenzy can begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassa Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 the whole idea is bullshit. anyone can now say they're gay/bisexual/fucked up in order to get into this school, especially if it offers better services than other public schools in the area. what the fuck is our educational systems coming to??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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