The dropped single-gender option has outraged Muslim girls at NYC’s most sought-after specialized high school.
Stuyvesant High School has eliminated girls-only swimming classes, forcing female Muslim students to sacrifice the modesty their religion demands if they want to earn a prestigious diploma.
But since swimming classes, halted during the pandemic, resumed last fall, the 3,300-student school has dropped the single-gender option, saying the popularity of the girls’ classes created a programming logjam. “I’m not comfortable swimming with boys because I’m Muslim and it’s really hard for us,” she said. “I can’t believe the school would change it because it’s been a fundamental part of Stuy, and now it’s changed all of a sudden.”, which requires schools to grant “accommodation of religious observances and practices,” when possible, Department of Education insiders told The Post.student newspaper the girls’ swim gym was removed because “it created a major issue, mostly with programming.
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