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Brownsville Ascend Charter School ended its inaugural year with a firm vote of confidence from its parents. Seventy-three percent of parents and guardians of children enrolled at the school participated in the New York City Department of Education’s (NYCDOE) 2009-2010 School Survey, and all said they were "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the education their children received. The school also earned high marks for the quality and frequency of parent communications, order and … Read more

For the second year running, Brooklyn Ascend Charter School earned top marks from parents and teachers for the quality of education provided at the new college preparatory school, which served 249 students in K-3 last year. The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) reported the results of its 2009-2010 School Survey in June. Virtually all of the parents who participated in the independent survey said they were "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the education their c… Read more

The students and staff of Brownsville Ascend Charter School will celebrate tomorrow the start of a much anticipated redevelopment project that will enable them to move from their temporary location to the site of the former Loews Pitkin Theater—re-imagined and completely revitalized—in the heart of Community School District 23. Through the ambitious adaptive re-use project, POKO Partners, LLC will transform the historic building to accommodate the new charter school and ma… Read more