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about wheels?” Lily requested.
“Okay, yes, “ Sasha said. “The
proposal is that there will be a
wheels day on Friday to test out
the wheels at the park. If it works,
I’ll be making a proposal to have
wheels be allowed on Fridays.”
This motion passes.
The meeting, in general, seems
very exciting to a select few, and
immensely boring to the majority. As it progresses, kids get more
restless. One boy spends the entire
meeting with his head in his hands.
The issue of “screens” is
raised and many of the advisors
break into a half-smile. This issue, said David, one of the advisors, has been coming up almost
every week since the school was
founded. “Screens” are more
commonly known as computers,
iPods and cell phones, and the
rules seem to change constantly,
he said, with some kids understanding that school is not a time
to play games, and others thinking they should be allowed to do
anything they want.
The argument today: Upper school kids need screens
to study and write their school
transcripts for college. All transcripts at Brooklyn Free School
are lengthy and creative, and the
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students work on them for a long
time. Berger said the extra time
allows students to focus on catering their transcripts toward
their first-choice schools. But
because of the absence of grades,
it doesn’t work out that way. He
said the creative transcripts certainly please “smaller, private
The BFS
students take
a trip to the
NY Aquarium.