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Harlem Village Academy East Charter School

Districts: Manhattan CSD 3, Manhattan CSD 4, Manhattan CSD 5

First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following revision application:

Harlem Village Academy East Charter School, located at 2351 First Avenue, New York, NY 10035 and 35 West 124th Street, New York, NY 10027 in Community School Districts (“CSD”) 4 and 5, respectively, seeks to merge with Harlem Village Academy West Charter School, an education corporation with the authority to operate Harlem Village Academy West Charter School and Harlem Village Academy West 2 Charter School, located at 74 West 124th Street, New York, NY 10027, 132 West 124th Street, New York, NY 10027, 244 West 144th Street, New York, NY 10030, and 35 West 124th Street, New York, NY 10027 in CSDs 3 and 5, such that when the merger is approved, Harlem Village Academy West Charter School would be the successor education corporation under the proposed name “Harlem Village Academies Charter Schools.”  The proposed merger also requests the following charter school name and enrollment revisions:

  • Harlem Village Academy East Charter School is chartered to serve 634 students in grades K-12 for the 2023-24 school year and 527 students in grades K-12 for the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term.  The school requests to serve 388 students in grades K-8 and growing to serve 432 students in grades K-8 by the 2027-28 school year. The school requests for its name to remain the same.
  • Harlem Village Academy West Charter School is chartered to serve 661 students in grades K-12 and growing to serve 764 students in grades K-12 for the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term.  The school requests to serve 482 students in grades 5-12 for the 2024-25 school year and growing to serve 692 students in grades K-1 and 5-12 by the 2027-28 school year.  The school requests to be renamed “Harlem Village Academy North Charter School.”
  • Harlem Village Academy West 2 Charter School is chartered to serve 300 students in grades K-5 for the 2023-24 school year and 295 students in grades K-5 for the 2027-28 school year, the final year of the current charter term.  The school requests to serve 550 students in grades K-4 for the 2024-25 school year and growing to serve 590 students in grades K-4 for the 2027-28 school year.  The school requests to be renamed “Harlem Village Academy West Charter School.”

The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as January 30, 2024.  The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide.  Please direct any comments or questions to [email protected] with the subject line “Harlem Village Academy East Charter School Revision Application.”