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Back T o SchoolB Y T R A C Y G A R R IT YAsk any youngster when the year begins and he%u2019ll probably tell you September. With the amount of time childrenspend in school it is only natural that the seasons and timeitself should revolve around the moments spent facing ablackboard. But while the association between school andfall hasn't changed since the time of the one-roomschoolhouse, education has.More and more teachers are asked to take the place of aparent; schools to take the place of the home. Althoughacademics are still the primary thrust of our educationalsystem, the extras become increasingly important as thesystem tries to turn out well rounded hopeful graduates.Reading, writing and arithmetic have been supplemented bydrug prevention programs, sex education, and freebreakfast and lunch tickets.As youngsters ready their pencil boxes and bookstraps foranother year in the City schools, teachers are preparinglessons that have meaning outside the classroom, yet meetthe ever increasing standards of the state and localeducators. It is a challenge that the educators interviewedfor this section are prepared for.Yet with greater standards of education come greaterchoices. The methods of learning and the supplementalclasses available for tutoring are growing just as theteaching population diminished. Students must decide theirfutures much earlier, choosing a high school much the sameway their parents chose a college. This Back-To-School section will give both students and their parents an opportunityto learn about the choices available to them for high schoolsfrom our own high-school expert entering his senior year atStuyvesant High School.Much of what the schools will be experiencing in the coming years is uncharted territory, as the demands of socialpressures fight with educational pressures for equal time inthe classroom. Both the local boards and the Central Boardof Education are looking forward to the new challenges asthey strive to meet the growing demands of the modemschool-age child. Their hopes and dreams are looked at inthis section, as well as how the local schools stacked upagainst each other in the latest barrage of math and readingtests. Despite the extra programs that create whole peoplefrom students, the three R%u2019s are still the yardstick by whichlearning is measured. And that, like Autumn%u2019s crisp start ofthe new school year, will never change.What%u2019s New AtBrooklyn%u2019sTrend SettingPrivate SchoolsLocal SchoolsFared Well OnNew ReadingAnd Math TestsA Kid%u2019s View OfHow To SelectA Public H.S.That You LikeAdministratorsTalk AboutTheir HopesAnd DreamsPublished by Serif Press, Inc., 395 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11217 Telephone 718-643-1400August 28, 1986, THE PH O EN IX, Pags 13