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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

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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