In court filings, Upper West Success Academy officials argued the charter school would be «placed in an under - utilized
space within Brandeis, and so cause no harm to the existing schools» and that some of the
classrooms allocated to the charter school are
currently used to store file cabinets and extra furniture.
The DOE's deputy chancellor of operations, Elizabeth Rose, acknowledged that in the 2018 - 2019 school year, P.S. 297 would lose three full - size
classrooms and one quarter - sized
space it
currently occupies.