Students, educators and elected officials celebrated the long-awaited opening of two schools at the Metropolitan Avenue Campus in Forest Hills by hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, September 23.
The Metropolitan Avenue Campus, which has been in the works for nearly two decades, will house a middle school and a high school as well as a separate high school and will create an additional 1,911 seats for students in Queens. The high school and intermediate-high school each have their own instructional spaces, library, cafeteria and meeting rooms.
Among those on hand were Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott (holding scissors) and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall (center). To right of Marshall are former borough president Claire Shulman; former City Councilmember Melinda Katz and City Councilmembers Karen Koslowitz and Elizabeth Crowley.Photo Courtesy Dominick Totino Photography
