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City, Columbia Plan Science
School For Manhattanville

The University has announced plans to collaborate with the City of New York to create a new public secondary school, tentatively called the Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School, in Manhattanville, where Columbia has proposed building a new campus. The school will serve approximately 650 students from grades 6-12 and could open as early as September 2007.

Enrollment will be selective, with priority given to high-performing students in northern Manhattan. Additional seats available in the ninth grade will be open to students citywide who meet specific academic standards of excellence. Ultimately, at least half of the school’s enrollment will comprise students from northern Manhattan.

The school is designed to address the need for improved education in science, math and engineering. "We envision the new public school as dedicated to improving this state of affairs, perhaps even making discoveries that will be broadly helpful to others across society," President Lee C. Bollinger said in an e-mail to the Columbia community announcing the school.

The University’s faculty and academic resources will be used to plan a curriculum for the school. The University also will help develop extracurricular activities that will provide students with the opportunity to take part in activities at the University that will give back to campus life. Students also may be able to take part in internships on campus as well as take courses during their senior year, if professors approve. Columbia faculty and graduate students may volunteer by taking part in these extracurricular activities or collaborating to teach classes.

This is Columbia’s latest effort to improve educational opportunities for New York’s students. Other efforts include the Double Discovery Program and the Science Honors Program.

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