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Recent News
The New York Times, The Local East Village: At Girls Prep, A Study in Excellence
By Andre Tartar, December 14, 2010
Since opening in 2005 as the first all-girls charter school in the city, it has been part of an ongoing experiment to boost performance in public schools. And for years now, students there have been quietly defying conventional wisdom about the link between income and academic performance.
Daily News: Advocates for children wrongly disrupted education of 125 Girls Prep students
Monday, November 8th 2010
How very predictable: An advocacy group works itself up into an anti-charter school lather, uses legal technicalities to bar a highly successful charter from occupying empty classroom space and winds up disrupting the educations of 125 girls for no reason.
No Winner in Space Spat
By BARBARA MARTINEZ, November 5, 2010
A girls' charter school, the city Department of Education and the parents of autistic children battled over classroom space this summer in a Lower East Side school building, but today those rooms sit empty or cluttered with boxes.
Innovation Agents: Ian Rowe, CEO of Public Prep
By: Noah Robischon, October 21, 2010
Have you located your north star? Do you even have a compass? Ian Rowe's story will inspire you to find it if you haven't already -- at least that's his goal. Rowe's journey took him from the Gates Foundation to MTV and The White House USA Freedom Corps before he became the CEO of Public Prep, a network of non-profit single-sex charter schools. He's taken everything he learned in the private sector and applied it to public education. Are you using your skills to make a difference?
Ian V. Rowe Named Chief Executive Officer of the Public Preparatory Network
August 24, 2010
NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 -- Public Preparatory Network, a non-profit organization that manages the highest-performing, single sex public charter schools in New York City, today announced Ian V. Rowe as its new Chief Executive Officer. The Public Prep Board of Directors cited Mr. Rowe’s demonstrated ability to lead complex organizations, form innovative strategic partnerships, raise capital, build public awareness and navigate the new media landscape as reasons for his appointment...
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Girls Prep Lower East Side Board Meetings
2011-12 School Year
Girls Prep Lower East Side is governed by a Board of Trustees dedicated to providing equal education opportunities for all children. Our members ensure our school is an academic success and true to the terms of our charter. Board meetings are open to the public. For more information on dates, times and location, please visit the Board of Trustees page of our website.