JERSEY CITY — A rally to keep CREATE Charter School open will be held on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium, located at 164 Lembeck Ave. in Jersey City. The school was founded by former City Councilman Steve Lipski, and consists of the high school on Lembeck Avenue with 279 students and 94 students in the middle school on Canal Street in downtown Jersey City.
School officials will respond to Acting Education Commissioner Bret Schundler’s March 1, 2010 letter calling for the school to close on June 30 due to allegedly poor test scores and other deficiencies.
However, Lipski said he would like to have a meeting with Schundler in the near future to discuss puttting the school under “a probationary period to address mutual concerns in the best interests of its students.” — RK