12 SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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Settle the suit for the children’s sake
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been reading about the ongoing
lawsuit between the Diocese of
Brooklyn and Queens and the board of
directors of Christ the King Regional
High School over the operation of the
Middle Village Prep charter school on
an unused portion of the high school’s
campus.
To make a long story short, the diocese
and the board are at odds over
how the campus property can and
should be used. The diocese claims
that the board never got permission
to open a charter school on the campus,
as required under a compact it made
with the board decades ago. The board
claims that, since the compact was not
renewed when it expired, it could do
with its campus at its pleases.
Caught in the middle of this real
estate battle are the students of Middle
Village Prep, who have clearly fl ourished
since the school opened in 2014.
Despite excelling in state math and
language arts exams, the institution’s
future is in serious jeopardy should a
judge rule in the diocese’s favor and
orders the school off campus.
Even as this battle rages, the
general feeling among both sides
is that Middle Village Prep should
remain open. Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio, the diocese’s leader,
said as much in a June 7 letter
distributed to parents who came
to his Brooklyn office to protest
the lawsuit.
Both Christ the King’s board and the
Diocese say that they want what’s best
for the children. We urge them to work
something out to keep Middle Village
Prep going.
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