district 20

Sep
07
Danger And Chaos, As A New School Opens In Brooklyn (Updated)

Danger And Chaos, As A New School Opens In Brooklyn (Updated)

Parents with children crossing Coney Island Avenue at Hinckley Place to get to school this morning (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DITMAS
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Aug
29
Groundbreaking on a New School In Sunset Park (District 20)

Groundbreaking on a New School In Sunset Park (District 20)

District 20 Superintendent (Photo by Sylwia Jasinski, District 20 Family Support CoordinatorSUNSET PARK — Monday morning, August 28,  ground was officially
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Sep
29
Understanding Community Education Councils — Yours Has a Vacancy You May Be Eligible To Fill

Understanding Community Education Councils — Yours Has a Vacancy You May Be Eligible To Fill

Photo via the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, one of the schools in District 20As the school year sets into full
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Jun
30
Seth Low & Success Academy Principals Say Co-Location Has Improved Both Schools

Seth Low & Success Academy Principals Say Co-Location Has Improved Both Schools

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanDespite the hoopla several years ago [/charter-school-mess-grows/#.V3VTGpMrLos] over the city’s decision to create an elementary-level
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Jun
09
Performances, Promotions & Farewells At Final CEC 20 Meeting

Performances, Promotions & Farewells At Final CEC 20 Meeting

Photo by Megan McGibneyThe final Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) meeting of the 2015-2016 school year was held Wednesday
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Jun
02
Success Academy Cancels Pre-K Classes Over Beef With Mayor

Success Academy Cancels Pre-K Classes Over Beef With Mayor

Photo courtesy of Success Academy Bensonhurst/FacebookThe charter school network Success Academy (SA) [http://www.successacademies.org/] is making headlines
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May
27
DOE Eyes Historic Angel Guardian Home For District 20 As Sale Looms

DOE Eyes Historic Angel Guardian Home For District 20 As Sale Looms

Angel Guardian Home, built in 1899. Courtesy of Angel Guardian Home’s Facebook. [https://www.facebook.com/AngelGuardianHomeBrooklyn/timeline]Tenants
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May
26
Stuyvesant High Schooler From B’hurst Wins $16K College Scholarship

Stuyvesant High Schooler From B’hurst Wins $16K College Scholarship

Photo courtesy of RMHCRonald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) presented Stuyvesant High School senior Winton Yee, 18, with a $16,000
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May
04
Why I Chose Success Academy Over A Gifted Program For My Son

Why I Chose Success Academy Over A Gifted Program For My Son

The author with his 6-year-old son Tyler. (Photo by Jonathan Dant)In 2014, my wife and I went through a
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Jan
15
Meet The New Assistant Principals Of PS 205 & PS 186

Meet The New Assistant Principals Of PS 205 & PS 186

Photo by Stanley NgThe first Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) [http://www.cec20.org/] meeting of 2016 was a
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