NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Eric Adams said he is considering a push to build a new specialized high school in each borough, during an interview with the New York Sun on Saturday.
He also said he wants to leave behind standardized testing, like the much-maligned Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), at these hypothetical new schools. He stopped short of saying he’d try to remove the SHSAT for the city’s nine existing specialized schools.
Under the current system, specialized high schools are required by law to consider only the SHSAT when making admissions decisions.
This isn’t the first time Adams has toyed with the idea of expanding the city’s specialized high school program.
During his campaign, Adams pledged to add new selective schools and expand the amount of slots available for existing specialized high schools, according to Chalkbeat.
He said he expected an expansion would help desegregate specialized schools, which are majority white and Asian even though the broader New York City school system is majority Black and Latino.
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