A proposed New York City charter school hopes to become the second LGBTQ+ affirming middle school in the nation, as a vote on nine potential new charter schools could come as soon as next week.
Joji Florence and Jill Glassbrook, founders of the proposed Miss Major Middle School, are seeking to establish a school that supports students as they navigate questions of identity.
“As you’re understanding your identity, and as you’re going to explore it, we want to be the place that gives you a lot of time, and a lot of space, and a lot of support for you to stumble through it,” said Florence, a long-time educator who would serve as Head of School at Miss Major Middle. “To connect as many moments of joy with your identity as possible. That’s what we’re trying to do… There’s no space like that here for middle schoolers.”
