Bay Ridge
Dr. Kathleen Cashin (2nd from right) is reportedly being considered for the position of Chancellor of New York City Schools (Image via NY Assembly)Afer a career in Brooklyn schools, former P.S. 193 principal Dr. Kathleen Cashin is reportedly being considered to replace the outgoing Carmen Fariña as New
Announcements
(Photo/Nathan Haselby)After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn. The Comfort Dog Program started last year in seven schools, five of them in Brooklyn. As part of
Education
Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: Flickr / Kelly Millea)Students and parents across the city received a letter [http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/schools/ChancellorLetteronImmigration.htm] yesterday assuring them that the Department of Education will protect the right of all students, regardless of their immigration status, to
Bensonhurst
Photo by Megan McGibneyTuesday evening saw the Chancellor Carmen Fariña of the Department of Education come to Dyker Heights’ P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi School for a town hall meeting. It was an opportunity for parents in the Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Bay Ridge neighborhoods to express their concerns and
Bensonhurst
Photo via the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant AffairsMayor de Blasio’s IDNYC initiative [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/about/about.page] — which allows New York City residents 14-years and older to sign up for a government-issued identification card, independent of immigration status, enabling cardholders access to city
Education
Parent Vinny Nemorin slipped and hit his head during his arrest at P.S. 193 on February 24. (Photo: PS 193 Parents’ Association [https://www.facebook.com/PS193PA/photos/pcb.1206219662739287/1206216226072964/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following an uproar at P.S. 193 [/p-s-193-parents-say-doe-stonewalling-fathers-arrest/] over a parent’s controversial
Education
Parents rallying outside P.S. 193. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A group of P.S. 193 parents — who say they’ve been getting the runaround from officials about a father’s controversial arrest [/arrest-p-s-193-spurs-calls-principals-removal/] — are not backing down from calls to have their principal removed because of the incident.
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].A middle school WILL be coming to the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park site, confirmed Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce talk this morning (Thursday, January 28). The much hoped-for school is estimated to
Central Brooklyn
Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña speaking with students. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña stopped by Ditmas IS 62 [http://ditmasis62.webs.com/] (700 Cortelyou Road) to talk to students about the importance of learning computer programming and how to code as part of the Hour
Education
Photo by Park Slope StoopPark Slope’s P.S. 133 William A. Butler School [http://ps133brooklyn.org/] (610 Baltic Street at 4th Avenue) is set to receive some extra cash from the Department of Education (DOE) in recognition of its excellent dual language programs. P.S.133 is among the
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanTwo local school are set to receive some extra cash from the Department of Education (DOE) in recognition of their excellent dual language programs. Gravesend’s I.S. 228 David A. Boody [http://www.is228.org/] and P.S. 200 The Benson School [http://www.ps200.org/
131 Livingston Street
School District 13’s new resource hub for all things “school community” is now open at 131 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Called a Borough Field Support Center (BFSC), the space — which also caters to Districts 14, 15, 16, 19, 23, and 32 — will be the city Department of Education’
academic
Goodbye ARIS, hello NYC Schools. Thanks to a new mobile-friendly service, announced by Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña yesterday, parents will soon be able to access their kids’ academic records with the click of a button. The program, which parents can sign up for starting June 8, will give families the
Carmen Fariña
Photo courtesy of NYC Mayor’s Office [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/].As of the 2015-2016 school year, New York City public school students will have two new official holidays, one on September 24 for Eid al-Adha and one during the summer for Eid al-Fitr, in celebration of two
Carmen Fariña
The Scientology-backed Foundation for a Drug-Free World gives a presentation with Miss New York Jillian Tapper at P.S. 186 in Bensonhurst. (Source: Foundation for a Drug Free World via Facebook)An anti-drug education program is coming under fire after parents discovered the group, The Foundation for a Drug Free
Carmen Fariña
UPDATE (12:15pm): Nashaly Perez was found safe [http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/nashaly-perez-rodriguez-teen-missing-from-nyc-school-found-in-good-condition-cops-say-1.9344648] and sound at a friend’s house, and has been reunited with her family. Original post: Nashaly Perez, the 15-year-old Coney Island girl who went missing from her school on Monday [/coney-island-girl-15-goes-missing-leaving-school/], was a