Canarsie High School

{{Short description|Public school in New York City}} {{Use American English|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Canarsie High School | image = Canarsie High jeh.JPG | image_size = 300px | logo = | caption = | location = 1600 Rockaway Parkway<br>[[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | zipcode = 11236 | country = [[United States]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|38|26|N|73|53|53|W|region:US-NY_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | district = New York City Geographic District #18 | principal = Angelo Marrah | viceprincipal = | faculty = | ratio = | enrollment = 2,885<ref name=Survey /> | enrollment_as_of = 2007–08 | type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] | grades = [[School grades (US)|9 to 12]] | athletic_conference = | slogan = | motto = | mascot = | mascot image = | sports = | team_name = The Chiefs | nickname = | colors = | established = 1964 | closed = 2011 (reopened as Canarsie Educational Campus)<ref name=NYTimes-ScholBookClosing-2012>{{cite web|last1=Phillips|first1=Anna M.|title=SCHOOLBOOK; Report Assesses Final Year at Closing Schools|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EEDC1E3BF931A35751C0A9649D8B63|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=13 October 2015|date=February 2, 2012}}</ref> | footnotes = <ref name=Survey>"[http://schools.nyc.gov/OA/SchoolReports/2007-08/Survey_K500.pdf Learning Environment Survey Report 2007-2008]" (PDF). New York City Department of Education. "Enrollment: 2544"</ref> | website = }}

'''Canarsie High School''' was a public high school in the [[Brooklyn]] neighborhood of [[Canarsie]] in [[New York City]]. It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011. The building currently operates as '''Canarsie Educational Campus''', housing several smaller high schools.<ref name=2016NYCSchoolsCatalog>{{cite web|title=2016 New York City High School Directory|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B0C37C45-E280-434D-9DF7-3251B7F895B0/0/2016HighSchoolDirectory_English.pdf|website=[[New York City Department of Education|schools.nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Education]]|access-date=4 June 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

==Closing== Under the Impact Schools initiative in 2004, Canarsie High School received increased police and security presence.<ref name=ImpactSchools-June2005>{{cite web|title=A Look At The Impact Schools: A Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Data Brief June 2005|url=http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/impact_schools.pdf|website=prisonpolicy.org|publisher=[[Drum Major Institute]]|access-date=13 October 2015|date=June 2005}}</ref> In 2007, it was announced Canarsie would close because it "was in such disarray that the only way to fix it would be to shut it down, replacing it with several smaller schools on the same campus. The school had received the lowest possible grades (F and U) under the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports.<ref name=NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007>{{cite web|last1=Medina|first1=Jennifer|title=At Canarsie High, Now Marked for Closing, Loyalty Prevails|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/nyregion/24canarsie.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=13 October 2015|date=December 24, 2007}}</ref><ref name=DailyNews-CanrsieHS-2007>{{cite web|last1=Monahan|first1=Rachel|title=Canarsie High School to offer new classes, tougher discipline code|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/canarsie-high-school-offer-new-classes-tougher-discipline-code-article-1.273956|work=[[Daily News (New York)]]|access-date=13 October 2015|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref><ref name=CanarsieCourier-CHSPhaseOut-2007>{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Neil S.|title=Canarsie High School Will Be "Phased Out" In 2008|url=http://www.canarsiecourier.com/news/2007-12-13/OtherNews/005.html|publisher=Canarsie Courier|access-date=13 October 2015|date=December 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905225604/http://www.canarsiecourier.com/news/2007-12-13/OtherNews/005.html|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was part of a trend in the city beginning in the 1990s and embraced by the administration of then-Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] to convert failing large high schools into educational campuses.<ref name=NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007 /><ref name=NYTimes-TroubledGiants-GSC-2001>{{cite web|last1=Holloway|first1=Lynette|title=A Small Strategy for Troubled Giants|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/16/nyregion/a-small-strategy-for-troubled-giants.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 May 2015|date=May 16, 2001}}</ref> For the 2007-2008 academic year, the school stopped admitting new students.<ref name=NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007/> Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011.<ref name=NYTimes-ScholBookClosing-2012 />

==Student demographics== 84.51% Black or [[African American]], 11.47% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]], 2.07% [[White people|White]] non-Hispanic, 1.66% [[Asian people|Asian]] and 0.28% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]. The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18.

==Current schools== Three schools, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, [[High School for Medical Professions]], and Urban Action Academy, are currently operating in the Canarsie campus.<ref name=2016NYCSchoolsCatalog /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Stuart|title=The First Graduates From Advertising High|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/the-first-graduates-from-advertising-high/|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=13 October 2015|date=June 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== * [[Ill Bill]], [[Hip-Hop]] [[artist]] from [[Canarsie]] * [[Warren Cuccurullo]], pop and rock guitarist<ref name=Esposito /> * Mark "[[Prince Markie Dee]]" Morales, rapper ([[The Fat Boys]] and solo), producer, songwriter, radio personality, actor * [[Alan Edelman]], mathematician, computer scientist, co-creator of the [[Julia programming language]] * [[World B. Free]], [[NBA]] basketball player<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Gutierrez |title=World B. Free, Nba Gunner |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1015220/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203045941/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1015220/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=May 8, 1999 |access-date=October 27, 2008}}</ref> * [[Lotti Golden]] singer-songwriter, writer/producer, musician, guitarist * [[Geoff Huston (basketball player)|Geoff Huston]]-NBA player * [[Karl Kani]], fashion designer * [[Randy Katz]], computer scientist * [[Dan Morogiello]], major league baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=3596 |title=Canarsie (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=February 14, 2011}}</ref> * [[Arlie Petters]], mathematical physicist * [[John Salley|John "Spider" Salley]], NBA basketball player and talk show host<ref name=Esposito>{{cite news |first=Diana |last=Esposito |date=June 12, 2003 |title=Canarsie Once Home To Several Who Attained Fame & Fortune |url=http://www.canarsiecourier.com/News/2003/0612/OtherNews/026.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119011925/http://www.canarsiecourier.com/News/2003/0612/OtherNews/026.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |work=Canarsie Courier |access-date=October 27, 2008 }}</ref> * [[Lance Schulters]] [[NFL]] player * [[Howard Schultz]], Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. * [[Evan Seinfeld|Evan Seinfield]], actor, singer * [[Curtis Sliwa]], [[Guardian Angels]] founder and radio talk show host, [[2021 New York City mayoral election|2021 mayoral candidate for New York City]]<ref>{{cite news |date=March 26, 2012 |url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/day-history-march-26-he-bosses-band-angels |title=He bosses a band of angels |work=Brooklyn Eagle}}</ref> * [[Stuart Sternberg]], owner of the [[Tampa Bay Rays]]<ref>{{cite news |first1=Louis |last1=Hau |first2=Scott |last2=Barancik |first3=Marc |last3=Topkin |title=Rays buyer: financial whiz who loves baseball |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/30/Rays/Rays_buyer__financial.shtml |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=January 30, 2004 |access-date=October 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604194807/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/30/Rays/Rays_buyer__financial.shtml |archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> * [[Clarence Taylor]] * [[Taxstone]], podcast host and Twitter personality * [[Leon Williams (American football)|Leon Williams]], NFL player

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[[Category:Defunct high schools in Brooklyn]] [[Category:Canarsie, Brooklyn]] [[Category:Public high schools in Brooklyn]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1964]] [[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2011]] [[Category:1964 establishments in New York City]] [[Category:2011 disestablishments in New York City]]