St Francis Prep High School

I call public Shame on the school administration for the way they treated Ms. Krolikowski — firing her for «insubordination» in 2011. She was an absolute gem of a teacher and did her service to the SFP community for 32 years. Shame on all the «brothers» and administration for not following the prayer of St. Francis in their treatment of her. You modeled bullying, powerplays, and non-​acceptance and exclusion rather than love, acceptance, and understanding of difference and diversity in humanity. I graduated in 1990 when Ms. K was still known as Mr. K ~ and he brought so much light and love to that awful zoo of a school. Glad she got the lawsuit filed against you and won. But she missed her students. She couldn’t return to the school to teach — and that’s what she loved. You broke her heart. You discriminated against her personhood. You deprived a generation of SFP-​ers the ability to learn tolerance, acceptance, and human kindness through her example and teaching. Now, she’s gone. Shame on you ALL.

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Pat M: Most students and families will have first-​hand experience with either one or the other; a private school like St Francis Prep, or public high schools like Cardozo and Francis Lewis. So it may be hard to find an unbiased opinion unless you hear from someone who transferred, or a family with multiple children attending different schools. It starts with knowing your student. A self-​disciplined, organized, motivated student will make education work wherever they are, so perhaps you can save on the tuition. If your student can benefit from smaller class size, individualized attention, hands-​on guidance, and an overall tighter social structure, in my opinion, private education is worth the investment. That said, as the largest private high school in the country, with a highly diverse student body in an urban setting, I have found St Francis Prep to be the best of both worlds. The highly professional staff realizes you have choices and are paying to send your student there. In my experience they take both their vocation and the business purpose of running this school seriously. Four years goes fast — the framework of the curriculum is to prepare students for college and the guidance department is exceptional at focusing them toward the best next steps. Nothing is perfect; with such a large student body there will always be exceptions. However most of the people I know loved it there and sent their children. Our experience with Prep has been great. I have heard people say adolescents get a little lost in the public high schools in this area, despite their excellent reputations. For my money, I don’t regret one check written to St Francis Prep. (One Senior graduating, a Sophomore and an 8^th grader attending Sept 2015). Hope this helps. Good luck!

My son will be ready for high school in sept 2015. I live close to st Francis prep, Cardoza and Francis lewis high. Can anyone tell me why I should spend $ 8000 for saint Francis prep while my zoned high schools Cardoza and Francis lewis are free. Please be honest.