Columbia Journalism students from our 2016 Covering Education class teamed up with Chalkbeat New York to speak with middle schoolers and their families about the high school admission process at Martin Luther King High School last Saturday at the Round 2 High School fair. Here’s what they found:
NEW YORK, NY – March 12, 2016: Sisters Alexis Watts, 14 (left) and Bianca Watts, 13, (right) accompanied by their mother Xiomara Samuels at the Round 2 High School fair at Martin Luther King high school. CREDIT: Cassandra GiraldoNEW YORK, NY – March 12, 2016: School reps at Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce, Deshearra Irby, 15,(left) and her friend Jasmyn Kentish, 15, (right), both dressed in their cheerleading uniform as they help recruit students to their school. CREDIT: Cassandra GiraldoNEW YORK, NY – March 12, 2016: Fraternal twins Chanel Abban, 13, and Stedman Abban, 13, (left), stand at the steps of Martin Luther King High School after attending the Round 2 High School fair. The twins are currently 8th graders at Richard R. Green Campus FORWARD School for Creative Writing and are hoping to be placed in the same school. CREDIT: Cassandra Giraldo
