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Carroll Gardens

City unveils map of proposed school zones in Brooklyn’s District 15, hints that a decision could be delayed

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/09/25/city-unveils-map-of-proposed-school-zones-in-brooklyns-district-15-hints-that-a-decision-could-be-delayed/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDEN/RED HOOK – The education department on Tuesday unveiled a proposal for redrawing elementary school zone lines to relieve overcrowding and encourage integration

Announcements

NYC schools will be closed on Monday, Dec. 23, following complaints about a one-day week

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/09/24/nyc-schools-will-be-closed-on-monday-dec-23-following-complaints-about-a-one-day-week/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] School’s out on Monday, December 23 — much to the relief of teachers and parents across New York City. The education department has updated the

community

Brooklyn’s District 16 urges mayor, chancellor to phase out the gifted program they once fought to create

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/09/23/brooklyns-district-16-urges-mayor-chancellor-to-phase-out-the-gifted-program-they-once-fought-to-create/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] Even as some parents and politicians mobilize to preserve gifted programs, the Community Education Council in Brooklyn’s District 16 passed a resolution Monday night

Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Book Festival: Connecting Book Lovers With Their Favorite Storytellers

By Kevin Truong DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Alicia Boyd can still recall the moment a book first captured her imagination as a child—back when she was an eight-year-old growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brooklyn Book Festival 2019, Festival Day, Sunday, Sept. 22 (Kevin Truong)“The first book that I ever read was

Central Brooklyn

Want to explore race and class in Central Brooklyn’s schools? There’s a podcast for that.

By Philissa Cramer, Chalkbeat [http://www.chalkbeat.com/posts/ny/2019/09/16/want-to-explore-race-and-class-in-central-brooklyns-schools-theres-a-podcast-for-that/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] Back in 2015, when DUMBO parents were making news for opposing a plan [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2016/01/06/in-gentrifying-brooklyn-rezoning-plan-that-sparked-diversity-debate-is-approved/] to change

Central Brooklyn

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day: Let’s Talk About The Needs Of Seniors (Opinion)

Sharen and Lillian. Photo Credit: David Nager / AllianceBy Sharen I. Duke, the Executive Director and CEO of Alliance for Positive Change. [https://alliance.nyc/] In Brooklyn, the number of HIV diagnoses continues to drop, declining 12% from 2013 to 2017, while the estimated number of new infections in New York

Announcements

CM Reynoso: Why I Endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren For President

By Councilmember Antonio Reynoso Who will save the American Dream? Since our founding, this ideal has been a vivid expression of the equal opportunities that should exist here and the always evolving pursuit of a more perfect nation. For the millions of immigrants who have come to Brooklyn, the American

Central Brooklyn

What You Need To Know For Labor Day 2019

Image via californialabor [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyM7kqBSNH/?tagged=rosietheriveter&hl=en]Happy Labor Day! We hope everyone enjoys the final weekend of summer. If you’re sticking around town, here’s some information from the city [https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-03233] on what’s

Education

As District 15’s middle school integration efforts take off, Charles O. Dewey gets a new principal

By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY [https://chalkbeat.org/ny/] The new school year will begin with high stakes for Charles O. Dewey, a Sunset Park middle school trying to attract more white and middle-class families in a district-wide effort [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] to better

Central Brooklyn

The Selective High School Dilemma

Letter to the Editor: Regarding the five or so highly selective High Schools in the city and the lack of diversity within them and desire to open them up to more underprivileged students, I think we are asking the wrong question. Rather than scrap the current system why not expand

Central Brooklyn

Briefly Noted: Demo On Bowne Building Continues, ‘Under The K’ Park, Wallaby Walk & More

S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby taken June 15, 2018, the morning after a fire damaged the building.) * * * * After NYC DOT lifted the Stop Work Order on the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/dob-to-issue-criminal-court-summons-against-developer-of-bowne-storehouse/] last week, the developer quickly got back to work demolishing

Central Brooklyn

School Diversity Group: NYC Should Phase Out Gifted Programs, Curb Selective Screening In Admissions

Photo: BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY The advisory group tasked with finding new ways to integrate New York City schools is recommending the nation’s largest school system eliminate gifted programs and selective admissions at most city schools. Those are some of the proposals unveiled Monday night by the School

Central Brooklyn

Briefly Noted: 80 Flatbush Demo, Indie Publishers, National Dog Day & More

Scaffolding, netting, and sidewalk sheds surround 80 Flatbush (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * * * * Demolition has begun on the controversial 80 Flatbush development, Brownstoner [https://www.brownstoner.com/development/brooklyn-80-flatbush-avenue-boerum-hill-alloy-development-khalil-gibran-demolition/] reports. Despite a lawsuit launched by Boerum Hill residents [/boerum-hill-residents-sue-to-stop-80-flatbush-upzoning/]seeking to halt the constr

News

Mayor de Blasio’s Housing Plan is Exacerbating Housing Crisis and Failing to Address Mass Homelessness in NYC: Report

Via Coalition for the Homeless report [https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TaleofTwoHousingMarkets_FINAL.pdf] , 2019From the Coalition for the Homeless: The Coalition for the Homeless released a new report today, while rallying at City Hall with homeless New Yorkers and members of the House Our Future NY

brownsville

Middle school near Brownsville playground shooting counsels students with ‘grief-sensitive’ approach

The Mott Hall Bridges Academy guidance counselor, Wesley McLeod, center, with two former students, whom he helped counsel after the deaths of their parents. The Brownsville middle school has been praised for its “grief-sensitive” approach to education. Via ChalkbeatBy Zipporah Osei, Chalkbeat New York The Brownsville Old Timers Day annual

Education

Goodbye round two applications, hello waitlists: NYC announces changes to high school admissions

P.S.889/I.S.890 on Coney Island Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat Major changes are coming to the way New York City students are accepted to high schools. The city will allow students to sit on waiting lists for schools they wanted to attend,