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Eric Adams To De Blasio: Restore Quarterly Opt-In For Blended Learning

Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashBROOKLYN – Borough President Eric Adams, who has an eye on Mayor’s seat himself, is urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to offer more flexibility for parents to opt into blended learning. In a letter Adams sent to de Blasio last week, he wrote that the

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Challenges Of Certifying & Expanding Halal Lunches In NYC Public Schools

A meal hub in NYC. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)BROOKLYN – Two years ago, the city launched a halal and kosher school lunch pilot program. The pilot, which Council Member Chaim Deutsch and then-Council Member Rafael Espinal secured $1 million in the City Council budget for, started in April

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In-Person Classes Delayed For Most Students… Again

NYC public schools will not physically reopen for all students on Monday, September 21. Instead, there will be a phased-in reopening by grade levels throughout the next two weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this morning. All students will still be taking online classes on Monday. Only children in 3K,

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Schools To Use Parks & Streets For Outdoor Learning

BROOKLYN – Schools are now able to use parks and streets as part of a new ‘Outdoor Learning’ initiative unveiled this morning by Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Department of Education (DOE) Chancellor Richard Carranza. The Outdoor Learning initiative for the 2020-2021 school year will allow schools to hold classes

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District 13 Principals To DOE: Delay The Re-Opening Of Schools

Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on UnsplashBROOKLYN – The mayor and the governor have given their blessings to begin the reopening of NYC Public Schools in the fall. Parents have the option of sending their kids to a physical school part-time or having them learn 100% online with distance-learning. Last week, principals

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Cuomo Says Schools Can Reopen In The Fall

Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashBROOKLYN – A month before the new school year begins, Governor Andrew Cuomo officially announced that schools can physically reopen. But there are more questions than answers. Today, August 7, is the last day for New York City families to decide whether or not to opt

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‘Why Don’t They Believe Me?’ Muslim Boy Asks

Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – The Department of Education (DOE) argued that the complaint a Muslim family, along with Council on American-Islamic Relations-NY, filed last year against the DOE for allegedly bullying a nine-year-old because of his faith, in retaliation for alleged

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Brooklyn Tech Evacuated for Bomb Threat

Brooklyn Tech High School. Photo by Ajay Suresh/Flickr Creative Commons.FORT GREENE — Brooklyn Technical High School was evacuated this morning for several hours after a bomb threat was emailed. All is clear now. At around 8:15 a.m. this morning, administrators at the specialized high school received an

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Lincoln High School Students Terrorize Businesses and Residents on Brighton Beach Block

Entrance to a building, where Lincoln High School students gathered. Courtesy of a resident.BRIGHTON BEACH – For residents and storekeepers on one Neptune Avenue block between Ocean Parkway and Brighton 3rd Street, being close to Lincoln High School has been an unrelenting disaster. Massive groups of students, often high on

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‘You Will Sit In The Cafeteria And Watch All The Kids Eat While You Are Fasting’ Lunch Aide Tells Muslim Boy

Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – A Muslim family, along with Council on American-Islamic Relations-NY, has filed a civil rights complaint against the NYC Department of Education for allegedly bullying a nine-year-old because of his faith, in retaliation for alleged misbehavior. According to

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Malliotakis, Southern Pols Say No To Scrapping G&T Programs

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBENSONHURST – After Mayor Bill de Blasio’s panel announced its recommendation to eliminate most selective admissions and gifted and talented programs in NYC schools and replace them with school-based enrichment programs, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis expressed her anger standing along with parents and several children yesterday afternoon. “What’

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New Public School Coming To Bensonhurst

6301 14th St.BENSONHURST- A new public school is set to be built at the former site of St. Rosalia Church at 6301 14th Avenue. The school will fall under School District 20 and will most likely be a K-5 school with approximately 350 seats. The Department of Education (DOE)

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Paper, Pencils, Pistol? Teen Packs Gun On First Day Of School

105 Tech Place via Google MapsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – As more than one million public school students in NYC returned to classes yesterday, one teen was busted for bringing a gun to school. Adrian Carr, a 17-year-old student at the George Westinghouse Career and Technical Educational High School located in Downtown Brooklyn,

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Department Of Education Announces Free School Lunch For All Students

Via NYC SchoolFoodJust in time for the new academic year, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Public Advocate Letitia James announced today that lunch will now be provided free to every student at all public schools across New York City. Breakfast is already provided free of

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Meet Your Candidate: Justin Brannan For Bay Ridge’s District 43

Photo: The Brannan CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’re reaching out to all nine candidates for a Q & A

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Brooklyn School Of Inquiry Principal Resigns For New DOE Job

Donna Taylor with Council Member David Greenfield and kids at BSI on April 27. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The charismatic founding principal of the ultra-selective Brooklyn School of Inquiry announced her resignation in a letter to parents on Monday. “I am proud of our collective effort; together, we created

Central Brooklyn

Greenfield Breaks Ground On Kolbert Park Makeover, Is Midwood Field Next?

Groundbreaking at Kolbert Park, May 4. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a sunny spring day in May, officials and kids gathered to announce a massive and long-overdue renovation to Midwood’s Kolbert Park, a green space shared by three schools and hundreds of neighbors. The improved Kolbert Playground will

Central Brooklyn

Parking Wars: Can School Buses Park On Your Block Overnight?

(Photo by Carly Miller)It’s a sight so common on our streets that we often don’t notice: armies of school buses parked on residential blocks on nights and weekends — when commercial vehicles are normally banned. But for some neighbors, it’s more than an eyesore. Perpetual fleets of

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New Middle School Opens 90 Seats In District 22

PS/IS 338 at 510 Coney Island Avenue, rendering by Purcell Architects (Courtesy of Dept. of Education)The new, long-awaited Kensington public school is now open for middle school applicants throughout District 22. In addition to the standard enrollment period (which opened in November), M.S. 890 is open for

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NYC Schools Chancellor Pens Letter on Immigration

Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: Flickr / Kelly Millea)Students and parents across the city received a letter yesterday assuring them that the Department of Education will protect the right of all students, regardless of their immigration status, to attend public school. Following up on President Trump’

Central Brooklyn

Six-Hundred School Bus Routes Could Be Affected By Possible Driver Strike Next Week

Photo via zhenry49Roughly 900 city school bus drivers and attendants voted to authorize a strike Wednesday night after rejecting a proposed contract from management, DNA Info first reported. Six hundred school bus routes in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island could be affected, union leaders said. An “overwhelming majority” of the

Central Brooklyn

[Updated] Parents Frustrated By Bureaucracy At District 22 Rezoning Meeting Last Night

Screenshot courtesy NYC Department of Education. Read the full rezoning proposal here.[Update 9/28 at 12:45pm: The NYC Department of Education’s Office of District Planning released the full proposal online for the rezoning of District 22 elementary schools. We’ll follow up with another article, but in

Central Brooklyn

Tonight: Attend A DOE School Rezoning Meeting At PS 217

Draft from earlier in 2016. (Photo submitted by Kate Slevin)Tonight: Speak up for the Department of Education’s planned rezoning for neighboring elementary schools at P.S. 139, P.S. 134, P.S. 217, P.S. 245, P.S.152, P.S. 315, and the upcoming P.S. K338.

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15-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Bringing Gun To Clinton Hill School, NYPD Says

Brooklyn School For Career Development at 502 Clermont Ave. in Clinton Hill. (Photo via Google Maps)A student brought a loaded gun to his Clinton Hill school on the first day of classes, police said. The 15-year-old boy was arrested after school safety agents found a .22 caliber pistol in

Central Brooklyn

Elementary School Principal Removed Following Outcry Over Father’s Arrest

Parent Vinny Nemorin slipped and hit his head during his arrest at P.S. 193 on February 24. (Photo: PS 193 Parents’ Association / Facebook)The Department of Education (DOE) has replaced the principal at a Midwood elementary school following an outcry over a parent’s controversial arrest. Parents have been