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District 20 Superintendent (Photo by Sylwia Jasinski, District 20 Family Support CoordinatorSUNSET PARK — Monday morning, August 28, ground was officially broken on P.S./I.S. 746K, a new school that will be home to both, an elementary school as well as a middle school focused on arts. The new
Arts & Culture
Photo by Megan McGibneyThe final Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) meeting of the 2015-2016 school year was held Wednesday evening at P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K264/default.htm] (371 89th Street). It was a meeting marked with
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Angel Guardian Home, built in 1899. Courtesy of Angel Guardian Home’s Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline]Tenants of the Angel Guardian Home [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline], at 6301 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, have been given a deadline to move out — indicating that the nuns
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].The need for more school seats in Sunset Park is great and shows no sign of abating, but virtually none of the projected 3,800 new seats [http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/school-construction-mayor-adds-1.4-billion-more-thatn-11700-new-seats-to-revised-five-year-capital-plan.pdf]
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Photo by Stanley NgThe first Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) [http://www.cec20.org/] meeting of 2016 was a big one. Four new assistant principals were appointed to local elementary schools by District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino [kcostan@schools.nyc.gov] — two at PS 205 Clarion [http://schools.nyc.
Announcements
Photo by sarahbelle1 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbelle1/3442747012/]Know your way around Microsoft Office? Familiar with the New York City public school system? Apply for this administrative assistant position at Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20), where you can serve as primary liaison between the Council and Department
Borough President
Photo by Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn Borough President’s Office.Seventy Brooklyn schools — from elementary and middle to high school and college institutions — and their students are the beneficiaries of a $13.3 million allocation of funds from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office, designated specifically for STEM education programs. Pretty
CEC 20
By Megan McGibney Members of Community Education Council [CEC] 20 [http://www.cec20.org/] gathered in Bay Ridge for their annual meeting Wednesday to elect new members, discuss the yearly budget, and address the 2015-2016 academic calendar. Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s meeting: * The meeting commenced with the
CEC 20
The seven new schools [/plan-add-seven-district-schools-2020-hindered-building-shortage/] coming to District 20 won’t do nearly enough to ease overcrowding, according to testimony from the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO) at City Council Tuesday. In a statement to the council’s education committee, IBO’s Sarita Subramanian said that while District 20
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I.S. 259 Source: Google MapsGot school-aged child (or two, or three)? Come out and meet the New York City Schools chancellor tomorrow! Chancellor Carmen Fariña will be holding a town hall meeting at I.S. 259 (7301 Fort Hamilton Parkway) Wednesday at 6pm, and she wants to hear what
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsA plan that has riled parents and school activists throughout Southern Brooklyn is coming to a hearing tonight, at 6:00 p.m., at Seth Low Intermediate School (99 Avenue P). The Department of Education is proposing the co-location of a Success Academy Charter School within the same
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Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. Source: SODAPICS2008 / FlickrNew York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott will be the guest speaker at the next Community Education Council (CEC) District 20 meeting, tonight at 6:00 p.m. in Public School 204, 8101 15th Avenue. The chancellor will discuss student achievement and school finances,