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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 PARK — It was obvious to anyone who had ever passed by the new school on Coney Island Avenue, that there were going to be issues with traffic, [/new-school-set-open-fall-no-safe-way-get/] and that

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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 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

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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 swing, one lesser known but important part of this community’s education system has a vacancy, and you may be eligible to fill it. The Community Education Council for District

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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 charter school in the same building as a Bensonhurst middle school, the union seems to working out better than expected. Two years after the controversial co-location of the Eva Moskowitz-run

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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 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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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 again — this time because it has cancelled all of its pre-k classes as it heads to court over an ongoing contract dispute with the de Blasio administration. NY1 reports [http:

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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 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

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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 college scholarship last Friday at an awards ceremony at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan. He was one of six recipients of the 2016 RMHC/ASIA (Asian Students Increasing Achievement)

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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 grueling process faced by many New York City parents each April: finding the right school for our son in Southern Brooklyn. Like most parents, our first priority was finding a

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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 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.

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A Four-Step Guide To Choosing The Right Kindergarten For Your Child [Districts 20 & 21]

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanEditor’s Note: Yuri Nazarov, a father of three from Bensonhurst, has become something of a guru when it comes to maneuvering New York City’s byzantine school system. A metrics developer by trade, he created this handy interactive dashboard [https://public.tableau.com/profile/

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Interactive Tool Helps You Choose The Best Elementary School For Your Child

Click the image to be taken to interactive feature.Finding the right school for your child can be an overwhelming task. Yuri Nazarov, a father of three from Bensonhurst, found that out firsthand when he began researching kindergarten programs for his oldest child. Nazarov and his wife discussed their options.

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Tell Us About The PTA Culture At Your Child’s School

The Brooklyn School of Inquiry located at 50 Avenue P in Bensonhurst (Source: Google Maps)Not only does Brooklyn School of Inquiry (BSI) top the city in test scores, but the Gifted & Talented elementary school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is raking it in when it comes to fundraising dollars.

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New York’s First Italian Dual Language Preschool Coming To Bensonhurst

Source: Google MapsBensonhurst will be getting two Italian dual language classrooms at a brand new school coming to 73rd Street and 15th Avenue [/overcrowding-p-s-176-prompts-doe-lease-new-building-rezone/] this coming school year. One UPK class and one kindergarten class will incorporate the Romance language at P.S. 768, which is set to open at

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New Pre-K Program At Marks Jewish Community House Accepting Lottery Applications

Source: JCHBGood news for parents of toddlers still thinking about where to send their kids come the back to school season: The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst [http://www.jchb.org/] at 7802 Bay Parkway was just awarded a contract for a full day Universal Pre-Kindergarten

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Thousands of Kindergartners Placed on Waiting Lists As Applications Surge

Thousands of kids are waiting for kindergarten spotsKindergarten admittance for New York City children is up in the air. Schools around the city have received 600 more applications than last year, which led to 2,500 would-be students placed on kindergarten waiting lists for their zoned schools. Of the 125

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Schools Cut More Employees From Poor Neighborhoods

(image by Galasso/North Jersey Media Group via Daily News)The Daily News says that the latest round of school budget cuts are hitting some areas worse than others, and that middle class neighborhoods like ours are being spared the deep cuts facing poorer school districts. The News reported last