It’s the start of a new school year on the new middle and high school campus of Eugenio María de Hostos Charter School — the city’s oldest charter school and the only one that is bilingual.
Students walk to the new $54 million complex on Joseph Avenue, or step off school buses, heading inside. The secondary school is a combination of new construction, joined with a renovated, century-old church. A ceremonial ribbon-cutting last month drew dignitaries to tour the facility, but it was last week that the halls and classrooms filled with students for the first time.
For Julio Vázquez, EMHCS co-founder and board chair, expanding the school to serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade was the goal from the beginning…