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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
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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
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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
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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
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Source: Stephen Nessen / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: With possibly the worst storm of the season, packed with heavy snow, sleet and rain racing up the East Coast, flights were grounded and government offices to the south of the city closed, but late