got it, its only temporary, makes sense, thanks.

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yes that will be GDC at that location.

I wonder if its Golden Door who is taking over the old St Johns and Ann School near JSQ... I know there is charter school opening up in that space and construction has been ongoing..

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Assuming they made a reasonable offer I wonder why the city wouldn't sell? I hear we're strapped. There are places selling City Hall to pay the bills. It's not like it's the community center we were promised when Schundler built it.

Dan- Golden Door wasn't forced to leave their current facility. They wanted to buy the building and the City wouldn't sell. They found a more cost effective option where they essentially would have the option to buy.

METS is opening as a middle school and I believe they are only going to be on 9th street until their permanent location at the Beacon has finished construction.

Shelley Skinner

I applaud the METS for doing this. What have the YANKEES done for education in JC?

is it reasonable to question why Golden Door could not afford the rent and was forced move and the new METS Charter School can. is the difference the grade levels served?

The Golden Door School is moving to Journal Square - and this new school, METS is moving in to their old space at 180 9th Street, downtown Jersey City, across from the Newport Mall. They are beginning registrations soon.

This is from NJ.com:

The new METS Charter School in Jersey City has finally found a new home at 180 Ninth St. and will soon be holding an open house.

METS (Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science) will be a Grade 6 through 12 school focused on math and science.

According to founder John Sico, who is also a former Paterson school district superintendent and adjunct professor at William Paterson University, the school will start with 320 students Grades 6 through 9 when it opens this September and will add students each year until it reaches 560 students.

Sico said the school will also be working with the Liberty Science Center and NASA.

Those interested in the school can attend the school?s open house and registration on Wednesday, Mar. 16 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday, Mar. 19 from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Proof of residence is needed to register.

If more than 80 students apply per grade level, a lottery will be held to determine which children can enroll in the school, Sico said.

For more information, call (973) 224-8376.