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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,

Boerum Hill

Concerns in Red Hook and Gowanus Could Slow Down Brooklyn School Rezoning Plans

Tevina Willis, lead community organizer for the nonprofit Red Hook Initiative, listened to officials explain rezoning plans for District 15 at a meeting that was held at P.S. 676. By Christina Veiga/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY A coalition of Brooklyn activists is asking the education department to hit

Boerum Hill

OPINION: Domestic Violence Laws Must Address Coercive Control

By Robert Weiner and Kimberly Bartenfelder According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, [https://ncadv.org/] “While data proves women are most often the victims of abuse in intimate relationships… anyone can be abused and anyone can be abusive.” Abuse is not attributed to one gender, sex, race, ethnicity,

Big Story

Over 900 NYC classrooms serving the city’s youngest children have deteriorating lead paint, new data show

PS 130 is listed among schools with lead paint in classrooms. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY More than 900 New York City elementary school classrooms have tested positive for lead after inspections revealed the presence of peeling, chipped, or otherwise deteriorating lead paint, according

Business

Coming to 550 Vanderbilt in September: New Cafe Ciao Gloria, from a Founder of Baked

Ciao Gloria coming to 550 Vanderbilt (Photo: Norman Oder)By: Norman Oder PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Ciao Gloria [https://www.ciaogloria.com/], a new cafe from a co-founder of the dessert specialist Baked—which opened in 2005 [https://bakednyc.com/about/] in Red Hook—will be the second retail outlet to open