Hunter Students for Equity

Fighting for diversity and equity at Hunter College High School--a NYC school that's 4.97% Black, 10.64% Latine, and 16.5% low-income

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

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[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

We're in the New York Times! Check out the link in our bio for the full article.

If you're interested in reporting on HCHS4E or learning more as our movement progresses over the next months, please reach out at [email protected].

[Paul Sonn @paulsonn]

Great story on the students leading the struggle to change the least economically diverse of NYC's 400+ high schools, @Hunter_College HS
@matthewhaag @hchs4diversity

https://t.co/PxPekltUoU

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

Sign HCHS4Equity’s latest letter requesting transparency from the administration. Link in bio to read & sign!!

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

Although we are proud of the progress made, there is still major work to be done. We must continue to work towards an equitable admissions process.

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

Progress in equity as Hunter’s admin (1) added more testing locations (2) eliminated the test fee (3) set borough-specific State Test cutoff scores (4) modified the scoring process to advance low-income applicants to the essay phase and (5) hired admissions expert Rick Kahlenberg

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

Let’s make sure to keep the fight going.

Thank you so much for all of the support so far, and look out for more updates coming soon!

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

☀️Hey everyone! We’re still here! The school year may be over but the work never ends. Here’s some summer updates:

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

If this year has taught us anything, it’s that talking with the administration isn’t enough. We need to assemble, protest, and challenge the status quo in order to ensure that we don’t face another year of the same unfair admissions process.

[New York Daily News @NYDailyNews]

OPINION | Integrate our high school: 3 Hunter College High School students speak out

Our student body: 2.8% Black, 6.3% Hispanic, 4.5% low-income.

New admissions offers at NYC specialized schools: 9% to Black and Hispanic. @hchs4diversity @hunterchsalums
https://t.co/S8Yhbprfim

[Ansley Erickson is ansleyerickson.bsky.social @ATErickson]

@hchs4diversity student leaders call for Hunter Pres. Jennifer Raab to reform school's segregating admissions practices.
https://t.co/Sz6TUzAKGx

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

link to the facebook live: https://t.co/j9TXeeEn8k

tune in !

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

🚨🚨HCHS 4 Diversity is holding a protest outside of HCHS on Friday, May 28th at 3:30 pm !!

Please share this flyer and help spread the word!

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

🚨🚨HCHS 4 Diversity is holding a protest outside of HCHS on Friday, May 28th at 3:30 pm !!

Please share this flyer and help spread the word!

[Eliza Shapiro @elizashapiro]

Candidates being asked now about how they would approach segregation in city schools, I wrote on that here: https://t.co/vTXdQD3nuT

[Jillian Jorgensen @Jill_Jorgensen]

Of racist remarks he faces, he said: “It's not just a problem at Brooklyn Tech, it's a problem at Stuyvesant, at Bronx Science, at Brooklyn Latin, & all of these specialized high schools. And it comes from the real fact that we have basically no Hispanic & Black students here.”

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

Please take a moment to read this thread.

NYC schools are far from desegregated.

[Jillian Jorgensen @Jill_Jorgensen]

Roberto Quesada is the sophomore class president at Brooklyn Tech, and like all students there, he took the SHSAT to get in. But he doesn’t believe it should be that way: https://t.co/33Jwd0hRTw

[Hunter Students for Equity @hchs4diversity]

96%.

[The Bell @BellVoices]

96% of Black + Latinx students who take the SHSAT do not receive an offer. Only a sick society would put 12-13 yos through this twisted process every year.

The few who do get in are terrorized by classmates and teachers. (2/4) 👇 https://t.co/dvPQwYgKbY

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. https://t.co/DS50W8rKmI