School overview
Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School
Who shapes school-level priorities and what the current NYCPS allocation and SLT record show. Part of NYC Geographic District 13.
Where are P.S. 9’s school-level choices made?
Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School is governed by New York City Public Schools in District 13. At the school level, its School Leadership Team includes the principal, staff, PTO, and family representatives. The minutes show the team setting planning goals, examining instructional programs, discussing enrollment pressures, and receiving updates on the school's budget-related class-size work.
City and district governance
NYCPS governs the school, while District 13 sets local priorities and has begun community dialogues about districtwide underenrollment.
School Leadership Team
P.S. 9's SLT meets in hybrid sessions and posts individual minutes for every meeting in its 2025-26 schedule.
Class-size context
In November 2025, the SLT reported reduced classes in at least 60 percent of classes and described requests for classrooms and teachers to expand that work.
Allocation basis
NYCPS Galaxy lists a FY2027 school allocation of $12.34 million, including Fair Student Funding, early-childhood funding, and class-size-reduction planning categories.
The school-level allocation is not the full cost of educating P.S. 9 students: it does not itself establish the value of districtwide services, facilities, transportation, or benefits.
Where the school stands
Major projects
2026-27 literacy and math implementation
Goals set; implementation planned for the 2026-27 school yearThe SLT set a June 2027 target to reduce K-5 students performing well below grade level in literacy from 17 percent to 14 percent and in math from 11.5 percent to 8.5 percent. The plan calls for 95% Core Phonics in K-3 and Illustrative Mathematics in grades 3-5, alongside intervention periods and regular screeners.
- SLT adopted 2026-27 goals and outlined the instructional changes
- Target date stated in the goals
Funding
FY2027 NYCPS Galaxy school allocation; the SLT minutes do not assign a separate project total.
This overview uses the official P.S. 9 SLT minute archive and NYCPS's school-specific FY2027 Galaxy allocation table. Numbers marked verified are directly reported by the allocation table.
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