Say, What??

Rewind, and catch up on what made the headlines this week, in the words of the people who said it best!

“She had narrowed the child’s soon-to-be father down to four candidates (sperm donors), and she wanted to invite her friends and family over to help choose ‘The One.’”

--Karine Silva a BSP reader shares her experience of attending her first “donor party.”

Choosing Voluntary Single Motherhood

“That cold sheet of metal used to be the only thing that kept burglars from busting through the wall from the vacant building space next door.”

--Writer Jack Slovis describes the interior of Fulton Bike store

A Battered Old Bike Shop Gets a Facelift

"The kids run wild, and the teachers are scared. It’s like there are no rules here.”

--A former administrator at the Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance in Bed-Stuy on why the highs school was chosen as one of the most dangerous in the city.

A Bed-Stuy High School Refutes Claims of Violence, Danger

“How did Von King Park -- a world-class park -- become the stepchild of NYC parks?”

--BSP Blogger and Architectural Historian Morgan Munsey on the revelation that Von King Park is in terrible disrepair

Impressionism in Herbert Von King Park

"I see a lot of money going to figuring out how to measure things...I don't see anything in here that's for kids.”

-- UFT President Michael Mulgrew regarding new information on how the Race to the Top money would be used

Race to the Top Money: Are Professionals Eating the Pie While Students Get the Crumbs?