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Borough President Eric Adams announces $15 million
in new STEAM funding for BK schools
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric
Adams awarded $15 million in
capital investments to 58 Brooklyn
schools to bolster their STEAM education,
including major technology upgrades.
Adams presented physical checks
to teachers and principals from the
selected Brooklyn schools at an emotional
press conference at PS 158 Warwick
in East New York.
In addition to technology upgrades,
the funds will also go toward the creation
of 11 hydroponic labs, three
maker spaces, a culinary arts space
and a creative lab space. Over the last
six years, BP Adams has invested $140
million in Brooklyn schools.
“I’m really excited,” said 16-year-old
Brianna De La Cruz, a student at the
Urban Assembly School for Criminal
Justice. The Borough Park middle and
high school received $70,000 for a new
computer lab.
“College applications are online
now, and we won’t have to worry about
the computers breaking down as much,
because that happens a lot,” she added.
According to the principal Nathalie
Jufer, 90 percent of the students at Urban
Assembly live below the poverty
line and do not have access to the internet
at home, making the computer lab
an essential to fi nishing homework assignments.
“It’s going to make classes a lot easier
and everyone’s lives easier,” De La
Cruz said.
At PS 158 Warwick, the hydroponic
lab will create a pipeline for students to
keep pursuing STEAM classes in middle,
school high school and beyond.
“Having the hydroponic lab not
only in our district but in Brooklyn
means equity for our students,” principal
Latishia Towles said.
The occasion was especially impactful
for Adams, he said, because of
his experience as a police offi cer in the
community when crime was high. The
investments in schools were a sign that
things would continue to change for the
better in the community, he said.
“You know that one day I would like
to be the mayor, but no matter what I do
in life, in government, I’m going to fi nd
a way to continue to give these kids an
opportunity,” Adams said. “We have a
long way to go, but we are raising the
bar and letting all children know that
they matter right here in this part of
Brooklyn.”
Borough President Eric Adams tears up while awarding $15 million
worth of STEAM funding at PS 158 Warwick in East New York.
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