Platform Talk
$35 per booking · group Zoom
A guided group session on one topic, with answers to the questions you send in advance. Open to every family, and each session says which grade it’s geared toward.
More about this stop →NYC public high school admissions, decoded
Getting in is one thing. Being happy there is another.
700+ programs across 400+ public high schools, three separate admissions paths, and very little explanation. I’m a current NYC public school teacher, so I can help you read a program through an educator’s lens, and tell you what to ask each school. We build your list together, then we work out what it means for your kid. Zoom sessions, any borough.
Current NYC public school teacher Two master’s degrees · certified special ed Zoom · evenings + weekends
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The real problem
The system is complex. Your family’s path through it isn’t.
Most admissions consultants come to this from the admissions side. I come to it from the classroom. This practice is built exclusively around NYC public high schools and led by someone who teaches at the exact level your kid is applying to.
Services
Pick your ride.
Four ways to work together, from a single question to the whole journey. Every session starts from your intake form, so we skip the small talk and get to your kid.
Single Ride
$225 · one 60-min 1:1
Focused answers, fast: school-list feedback, SHSAT and Specialized High School admissions questions, program fit, deadline triage.
More about this stop →Ride the Line
$599 · three 1:1 sessions
A plan and a guide across the season: list-building, application strategy, and a pre-deadline check-in.
More about this stop →All Stops
$1,200+ · full season
From first research to final decision, with me beside your family the whole way. Limited spots each season.
More about this stop →How it works
From “help” to a plan, in four steps.
Pick your ride
The tier descriptions are written so you can choose without emailing anyone first.
Tell me about your kid
A short intake form: grade, borough, schools you’re curious about, your biggest worry. Three minutes.
Meet on Zoom
I read your intake before we meet, so the session is personalized from minute one.
Leave with a plan
A recap and clear next steps land in your inbox after every session.
The educator’s lens
Perfect on paper is not the same as right for your kid.
A tour shows you a carefully prepared version of a school. Somebody should tell you what else to look for.
Anyone can pull up program descriptions, admissions criteria, and prior-year demand data. Building the list is the easy half. The harder half is reading it: how a program is structured, whether the workload matches the promise, and what questions reveal how student supports actually work in practice. That’s the part nobody tells you, and it’s the part your kid lives in for four years.
What’s different here
Current information, interpreted clearly.
- In the classroom, this year
- Not a former teacher, not a former admissions officer. I teach in an NYC public school right now, which means what you hear reflects how this works this year, not how it worked when someone else applied.
- Special education, not as an afterthought
- Certified special education teacher with a master’s in the field and more than 15 years in NYC classrooms. IEPs, 504 plans, program fit, and what to ask to understand how supports are structured and delivered. Most consultants list this as a service. It’s my daily job.
- Public schools only
- No private-school upsell, no split attention. NYC public high school admissions is the entire practice: the tests, the screens, the lotteries, the fine print.
- The city is the campus
- Your kid spends four years somewhere, not just in a building. The commute, the neighborhood, where they eat lunch, what’s a ten-minute walk away. That’s part of the fit, and it belongs in the conversation.
- Every stage of the ride
- Most families find me in 7th or 8th grade. I also work with 5th and 6th grade planners who want a head start, families moving to NYC or coming from private, charter, or homeschool settings, and 10th and 11th graders looking to transfer.
- Every borough, your schedule
- Zoom-only means the Bronx gets the same access as Park Slope. Sessions run evenings and weekends, because that’s when parents are actually free.
There is no single “best” school. There is the best school for your kid.
The departments
Useful enough to save. Good enough to follow.
The glossary is live on the site now. The rest runs on Instagram, because your kid isn’t just picking a school, they’re picking where they spend four years.
Admissions Glossary
The language, translated.
Screened. Ed Opt. Rank order. Priority group. Plain English, finally, and live on the site now.
Read the glossary → School SpotlightOne school worth knowing.
What stands out, who thrives there, and what the tour won’t tell you. On Instagram.
Follow along → Commute CheckCan your kid actually get there?
Realistic transit time, transfers, and how the trip changes the school day. On Instagram.
Ride along →
Ready for some relief?
Let’s make a plan that feels manageable.
Choose the level of support that fits, complete a short intake, and arrive at your session with the catch-up already done. September through November is the busiest part of the application season.
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