The Department of Education will hold public meetings tonight and tomorrow at 6 p.m, at the John Jay Campus, 237 7th Avenue, between 4th and 5th Streets, on the DOE’s proposal to locate a new selective high school in the building, which is already home to the Secondary Schools for Law, Journalism and Research

Tonight’s hearing ostensibly focuses on the DOE proposal for the new school, while tomorrow’s topic will be the proposed elimination of the middle-school grades within the Schools for Journalism and Law, though there will likely be plenty of overlap.

To learn more about the proposed changes, you can find links to the “Educational Impact Statements,” or EISes, here: http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/2010-2011/Jan2011Proposals.  If you’re unable to attend the hearings, you can submit testimony via email at HS.Proposals@schools.nyc.gov, or by voice mail at (212) 374-0208.