Charter schools are pitching in to address the migrant crisis by enrolling a wave of children of asylum seeking families.
, one of the city’s largest charter school networks with 14 schools in The Bronx and Harlem, has begun taking in arrivals in at least three schools that currently have no waiting lists — including Harlem Prep Middle School, Harlem Prep HS and Democracy Prep Endurance HS.
There have been 19,000 children enrolled in city shelters since July 2022, and Mayor Eric Adams’ office said most of them are migrant kids. He said enrollment officers distributed applications in English, Spanish and French to parents of kids in migrant shelters.Harlem Prep High School principal Greg Daniel at his east Harlem school.George told The Post that his network wants to “bring kids into our doors” to help with the migrant crisis.Gabriella Bass
There are 274 charter schools in the city serving 142,500 students. Charter schools are publicly funded, but privately managed and mostly non-union schools that operate independently from the city Department of Education. Many have a longer school day and school year andLike traditional public schools, charters have seen a decline in enrollment with a decline in the city’s student-age population.
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