Police Officer Rocco Laurie Intermediate School
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| 33 Ferndale Avenue Staten Island, New York, United States |
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| Type | Public Type 1 school |
| Motto | Go Bulldogs |
| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Peter Maccelarri |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| Number of students | 1611 |
| Color(s) | blue and orange |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
The P.O. Rocco Laurie Intermediate School refers to New York City Intermediate School 72 in Staten Island, New York. It is a Title I school. It is located at 33 Ferndale Avenue in Heartland Village, Staten Island. Heartland Village is part of New Springville, Staten Island. The school was named after P.O. Rocco Laurie.
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[edit] History
The school opened in 1975 and has served approximately 2000 students annually. Stanley Katzman was the school's first principal. It is named after NYPD Police Officer Rocco Laurie who was killed in the line-of-duty in Manhattan. [1] There are 4 assistant principals or AP's (one from each floor), and the Principal's Office is on the first floor.After more than 20 years, the school was structured in a way where each floor is divided by the foreign language the student takes (typically students are grouped in classes by the foreign language elective they choose). The first floor for Italian,and the second, third, and fourth floor for Spanish. Each floor has its own set of AP's, deans and guidance counselors.[2]
[edit] New York State Board of Elections
After the turn of the century, I.S. 72 was designated as a New York Board of Elections polling site for all local, state, and national elections.[3] The move was from the previous location of P.S. 69 which is across the street (Merrymount Street). It has also just recently been renamed Police Officer Rocco Laurie School on March 20, 2009. After three years of discussion, the current principal, Peter Maccelarri, held an assembly welcoming the board of education chancellors, the police officer commissioners, sister and brother-in-law of Rocco Laurie, students, and other invited audience.
[edit] School bus service
As part of the NYC Department of Education's plan to reduce costs, the Rocco Laurie School has lost yellow bus service for its 7th and 8th grade students (there is a lawsuit going on to restore the service). The students who would otherwise qualify for yellow bus service were given Student MetroCards to take New York City Transit buses, which will be invalidated should the yellow bus service be restored.
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