Thread: Discovery Program 2019
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03-23-2019 01:29 PM #11
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Hey fufu I have a question, I ranked my schools 1. Stuy 2. Brooklyn tech 3. Brooklyn Latin, my cutoff was 469 and I go to a high poverty school and I heard 469-471 was qualified for Latin discovery. So here’s my question Since all students get free lunch no matter what your income is, my parents have high income so if I qualify for 2/3 of the requirements can they still take me? I decided to reply to you because I’ve seen you on the previous 2018 discovery threads so yea hope you reply
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03-23-2019 01:30 PM #12
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03-23-2019 02:04 PM #13
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03-23-2019 02:36 PM #14
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Discovery is for disadvantaged students so as you have high income unless you are an English Language Learner only recently in NYC you don't qualify.
Passionate tutor of Elementary School subjects specializing in NY state tests, and the specialized high/middle school tests (SHSAT, Hunter, TACHS/CHSEE, BCA, MS 54, Anderson...)
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03-23-2019 02:41 PM #15
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03-23-2019 02:48 PM #16
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03-23-2019 03:31 PM #17
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Free lunches are provided as part of a city-wide initiative and no longer as individual social services. IOWs yes lunches are free to all students. However, you're still wanted to send in a lunch form so NYC and in particular the right schools can received the right funding for it. That said, I believe free lunch has been distanced as a measure of economic disadvantedness for various means including in cases where it use to be used for some of those things.
Another way to state this is that getting free lunch is different from qualifying for it.Passionate tutor of Elementary School subjects specializing in NY state tests, and the specialized high/middle school tests (SHSAT, Hunter, TACHS/CHSEE, BCA, MS 54, Anderson...)
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03-23-2019 05:32 PM #18
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03-23-2019 06:00 PM #19
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If every student now has free lunch, how would the DOE qualify you as low income or not?
Last edited by shirleyzhao; 03-23-2019 at 06:07 PM.
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03-23-2019 06:10 PM #20
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Last edited by shirleyzhao; 03-24-2019 at 08:15 AM.
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