At the city’s top performing arts high school – Fiorello H. LaGuardia – auditions have traditionally mattered most. But numerous insiders said new, tougher academic standards at the Lincoln Center area school are causing some of the city’s most talented performers to be rejected.
The new policies are sparking a debate among staff, students and alumni: Should and do audition scores now play second fiddle to academics?
Nataly Santiago is a talented dancer. At age 19, she now performs with pop-star Janet Jackson. Her mission as a child was to get into LaGuardia.
“I had my heart set on it. I just kept training,” Santiago said.
But when she got that crucial letter from LaGuardia, there was bad news.
“I was denied at LaGuardia and my heart sank to my stomach. Like it was like a god-awful feeling,” Santiago said.
Sources inside LaGuardia tell the I-Team that in 2014, Santiago scored a “100” in her audition — a perfect score. Several students and faculty said a middle school student getting a perfect audition score is like winning a medal at the Olympics — a tremendous accomplishment and a sign of potential greatness.
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