While P.S. 130 has strong test scores, TriBeCa parents were concerned about the school's stricter rules, including a requirement that students must wear uniforms, and parents also worried their children would have trouble making friends because 70 percent of
incoming kindergarteners at P.S. 130 do not speak English as a primary language.
Performing an MRI scan of each
incoming kindergartener is unrealistic (
at best), but low - tech, low - cost interventions offer plenty of potential.