About 65 percent of the city’s high school droupouts were overage when they began ninth grade, according to a 2008 study from the Office of Accountability in the Department of Education.
At Kappa IV, a public middle school at St. Nicholas and 135th Street, wrestling is gaining traction.
As the charter school’s enrollment grew this year, so did the tension between it and P.S. 123.
Financial and logistical problems make it hard to provide students with healthy food every day.
