NEW YORK  (NY) (TIP): State Senator John C. Liu, chairperson of the Senate Committee on NYC Education, stated the following about February 16  Department of Education announcement that the DOE will extend the high school application deadline until March 11, 2022. Liu has held protracted discussions with DOE officials on this matter. “It’s only right that the DOE is extending this year’s high school application deadline to March 11th, from the original March 1st deadline announced on January 27th along with substantial changes to the admissions criteria. Many parents have articulated concern and some outrage at the new criteria more resembling a random lottery process rather than admissions based on merit and achievement. However, extending the deadline is only the first step. The DOE must further modify its admissions criteria to consider academic performance and better reflect achievement so as not to penalize the students who have pursued excellence under the previous long-standing admissions criteria. If in fact admissions criteria warrant changes, parents must be engaged prior to announcing such substantial changes in policy.”

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