"That's great, because we need our space as well," said Ashlynn Hill, 16, a Choir Academy senior.
She has a boyfriend and sings in the prestigious Choir Academy of Harlem.
At the most segregated new school, the Choir Academy, 92 percent of the students are black.
He started at the Choir Academy two years ago and is looking forward to returning in the fall.
Trained pianist since the age of five, she developed her vocal skills as a member of the "Petko Stainov" Choir Academy.
Mr. Peterson, who is 55 and has been divorced once, now teaches humanities at the Choir Academy of Harlem.
His school, formally known as the Choir Academy of Harlem, educates students in fourth through 12th grade.
It was eighth period in the windowless former intermediate school that is home to the Choir Academy.
Choir Academy of Harlem A comprehensive program of academic and artistic education.
The choir established a professional school incorporating a regular academic curriculum, the Choir Academy of Harlem.