Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School Explained
Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School |
Native Name: | Escuela Especializada Bilingüe Alcides Figueroa |
Nickname: | La Bilingüe Alcides |
Feeder Schools: | Antonio Gonzalez Suarez Regional Bilingual Elementary School |
Website: | Official page |
Motto: | La Bilingüe lo hace mejor (English: "The Bilingual does it better") |
Status: | Currently operational |
Us Nces District Id: | 7200030 |
Former Name: | Escuela Especializada Regional Bilingüe Sergio Ramírez de Arrellano-Hostos |
Location: | Calle María Monagas |
Postcode: | 00610 |
Faculty: | 23 |
Enrollment: | 348 (2019–2020) |
Grade6: | 47 |
Grade7: | 55 |
Grade8: | 70 |
Grade9: | 47 |
Grade10: | 43 |
Grade11: | 37 |
Grade12: | 41 |
Average Class Size: | 25 students |
Ratio: | 15.13 : 1 |
Medium Of Language: | English and Spanish |
Schedule: | 7:30 a.m – 2:30 p.m. |
Hours In Day: | Seven hours |
Campus Size: | 45.48 km2 (11.24 acres) |
Campus Type: | Urban |
School Number: | 40519 (Puerto Rico Department of Education Number) (formerly 40832)[1] |
School Code: | 1602 (Use is limited to the PAA college-entry exams in Puerto Rico) (formerly 1061)[2] |
Ceeb: | 540010 (formerly 545008)[3] |
Us Nces School Id: | 720003000781 |
Principal: | Edna S. Rosa Ayala |
The Alcides Figueroa Bilingual School (formerly Sergio Ramírez de Arellano-Hostos Regional Bilingual Secondary School) is a bilingual, magnet secondary school located in Añasco, Puerto Rico. Alcides is run by the Puerto Rico Department of Education and falls under its Specialized Schools Unit (UnEE, for its initials in Spanish).[4]
All classes, with the exception of non-English language courses (such as French,[5] Italian and Spanish) and social studies, are instructed in English. The total student population sums to be approximately 348. It was the first public secondary bilingual school on the island, and, with the Antonio González Suárez Bilingual School (K–5), is part of the only fully bilingual K–12 system of a municipality of Puerto Rico.[6] It constantly ranks at or near the top on College Board-administered standardized tests in Puerto Rico.[7]
History
The school was founded in 1999[8] under the name of the buildings it occupied in Añasco's Hostos–Ramírez de Arellano School District, behind the downtown church and close to City Hall. This complex of buildings was named after Sergio Ramírez de Arrellano y Conti (1829–1904), a local teacher who established Añasco's first private school,[9] [10] and Eugenio María de Hostos, which were built in 1909 and 1903, respectively, becoming the first concrete schools built in Añasco.[11] Both had been elementary schools since their inception, and at one point also held the local post office. The school buildings complex was added to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2002.[12] In 2003, the Hostos building, which was the rectangular structure to the north of the complex, had its 100th anniversary. The event was celebrated schoolwide, with broadcasts from the local media. For its part, Ramírez de Arellano Building, which has the shape of a "C" and sits at the southern opposite of the Hostos building, held its centennial in 2009. Both structures had been recognized for their architectural importance in 2000 by the Legislative Assembly. In these facilities, as well as an annex, built in 1927 and hosting various classrooms located across the 65th Infantry street that leads into the town square, the school was divided between intermediate and superior levels, consisting of Grades 7–9 and 11–12, respectively. Both levels had five class groups, in alternate numbers (e.g. Grades 7 and 9 had two groups and Grade 8 had one) which would change as each class moved ahead between academic years. Each group was composed of a maximum of 25 students. In 2017, the buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Scheduling controversy
Then-governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá signed four circular letters on 22 February 2007, focused on reorganizing aspects such as "school organization, teacher recruitment, student graduation requirements students, and parental involvement in the school." The Puerto Rico Teachers Federation opposed the circulars, which "[added] research courses as well as 40 hours of community service for students [and credits increased] at the elementary level to 36 and those at the intermediate level and above to 21." Additionally, they eliminated a maximum class size, stated that no class size can be below twenty, and teachers would only have an hour a day for personal training.[13]
The new curriculum was implemented at the start of the 2007 Fall semester. However, it was met with opposition since it meant more class hours, which due to the limited size of the school and the lack of teachers, was considered impossible to implement. However, the department through the then-Mayagüez School District Superintendent, Sylvia Hernández, had ordered the school to use it. Students, parents and faculty decided to strike, and the school was joined by the Marcelino Canino school in Dorado and the Muñoz Rivera high school in Utuado, the latter of which decided to keep the old curriculum, resulting in the faculty's suspension.[14] Following a strike by the students, parents and faculty, and meetings with Hernández, the schedule was annulled and resumed the previous curriculum and class schedule.
2013 student exodus
At the start of the Fall 2013 semester, most of the students in various grades were dropping out from the school because, among other things, the lack of transportation (most students are from the surrounding municipalities like Mayagüez, Aguada, Rincón and Moca). Therefore, the school was obligated to do a special admissions process, letting anyone that wanted to enroll do so, or staff cuts would have been made. All that was needed for admission was a student's credit transcript and passing an oral interview in both English and Spanish, with the respective courses teachers from the school.
In addition, the school reported in 2013 several infrastructure problems, including, but not limited to, leakage, broken zinc roofs, mold, small office size for administrative personnel, and termites, among others.[15]
Move to Alcides Figueroa
Starting in the 2016–17 academic year, the school moved to a newly displaced building a few blocks away from the old one. This move permitted it to accommodate the sixth grade, as well as increase their limited student body of 250. Additionally, this move caused a name change, since schools take their names from the buildings they occupy. This complex of buildings, which has held a school since at least 1966,[16] takes its name from Alcides Figueroa Oliva (1892–1957),[17] a former mayor of Añasco from 1945 till his death[18] (who additionally served as a delegate to Puerto Rico's Constitutional Convention),[19] and it is located on a street named after his wife. The previous tenants, who were one of 19 closed public schools which closed that year due to small grade sizes,[20] and its students moved to the adjacent next-door school, Isabel Suárez Middle School.[21] The abandoned Sergio Ramírez de Arrellano complex was approved for leasing[22] and the new tenants are municipal sports and fine arts programs that relocated and expanded there.[23] [24] One of these is Ciudad Museo ("Museum City"), founded by Gabriela Ríos Rodríguez in 2015 in the school and "dedicated to transforming communities through urban art," one of its project being the former-school complex.[25] It is still used as a polling place.
On 20 March 2017, the school made a trip to the Puerto Rico Capitol to view the Senate's proceedings, and were recognized by then-Vicepresident Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez and Senator Carmelo Ríos Santiago.[26] [27]
In 2018, one of the fourteen Puerto Rican teachers selected to partake of the Pilar Barbosa Education Program, was from Alcides.[28] Commencing on 12 August 2019, the schedule was changed from 7:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m.
Changes in the uniform
During 2018–2019 school year the school decided to change the school uniform they handed out ballots to students to choose the new uniform. The old uniform for middle school was yellow polo with black pants and the high school uniform was a white polo and red pants. The new uniforms, as of 1 May 2020, are a navy blue uniform and grey pants, for middle school, while high schoolers will be required to wear a red polo and grey pants.
Hurricane María, earthquakes and COVID-19
Due to Hurricane María, Alcides suffered water damage in the director's office and several classroom, mold, broken cistern (which supplied water to the cafeteria) and downed power lines.[29] It eventually re-opened on November 6.[30] During Fall 2019, Alcides students began a "poetry curriculum focused on their experiences during and after Hurricane María," as part of the Massachusetts Music and Poetry Synchronized (MAPS) initiative, which was then given to music students at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School (PVPA) by the end of the semester. This was to be followed by a visit from 15 PVPA students to Alicdes for a collaboration with the latter's students.[31] [32] However, the trip was cancelled by the PVPA due to the 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes, which forced the indefinite closure of Alcides and inspired the PVPA students to host a charity concert at Gateway City Arts at Holyoke, Massachusetts on 13 February. During the performance, there was a video of Alcides students reading their poems.[33]
On 28 January, then-mayor, Jorge Estevez Martínez, claimed that not one of the public schools in Añasco had been inspected after the earthquakes.[34] However, on 13 January, the school had been inspected by a professional engineer, who stated that the school was "suitable for immediate operation and occupancy."[35] Alcides eventually re-opened on 3 February, with classes resuming that following Thursday, 6 February.[36] [37]
In mid-February, ten Alcides professors received workshops on digital teaching platforms held at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, and Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla.[38] Alcides' chemistry teacher, Migda Ruiz López, collaborated in developing the high school chemistry module that was used during the COVID-19 pandemic.[39] However, Alcides, as most public high schools, administered the Puerto Rico college admissions exams (PAA, for its initials in Spanish) in-person between 1–4 December.[40] During February 2021, it was one of 172 public schools identified as "suitable to open" that formed part of an initial phase proposed by the department to resume in-person teaching starting in March.[41] [42] Nevertheless, this plan was abandoned, and in-person classes did not occur until 13 May.[43]
School community
Accreditation
Notes and References
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