Announcements
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
Announcements
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,
Announcements
Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli [https://unsplash.com/@flpschi?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/school?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – The mayor and the governor have given their blessings to begin
Education
Classroom. Photo byNeONBRAND [https://unsplash.com/@neonbrand?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/classroom?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] .Over 31,000 students attending public schools in Brooklyn were homeless at some point
Boerum Hill
Ps 32 Samuels Mills Sprole, 317 Hoyt Street via Google MapsBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat In a bid to relieve overcrowding and help spur integration, the education department is weighing [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/05/29/to-boost-diversity-and-address-enrollment-issues-brooklyns-district-15-may-redraw-elementary-attendance-zones/] whether to redraw elementary school zone lines — or remove attendance boundaries
News
Borough President Eric Adams at a weekend march for healthy food at public schools (Image via Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is on a crusade to ensure that children eat more healthily. On Sunday, Adams joined others to call attention to the latest in a
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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)
Central Brooklyn
PS889/IS890 on Coney Island AvenueKENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – It’s getting to be the end of October soon, mornings are getting darker, and getting to school will become an even bigger challenge to students at the new PS889 / IS890 on Coney Island Avenue. We’ve written about the issues surrounding
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two new public schools are coming to downtown Brooklyn at no cost to the city. The schools come as part of Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com] project which will include affordable and market-rate residential units, office and commercial space, and a cultural facility in
Education
Brooklyn School For Career Development at 502 Clermont Avenue in Clinton Hill. (Photo via Google Maps)A student who brought a loaded gun to his Clinton Hill school last week will face criminal charges, the NYPD confirmed today. A 15-year-old boy, who was arrested when school safety agents found a
Bensonhurst
> “Our vision is to make life easier for families.” – Mayor @BilldeBlasio [https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio] #LactationStations [https://twitter.com/hashtag/LactationStations?src=hash] #BillSigning [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillSigning?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/MxdO0oQoGb [https://t.co/MxdO0oQoGb] — NYC Mayor’s CAU (@mayorsCAU) August 11, 2016 [https://twitter.
Bensonhurst
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:
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanIn order to provide greater language access for families who speak Mandarin and Spanish, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is hosting Learning Together [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/FACE/default.htm], two city-wide parent conferences this June. These sessions will be delivered entirely in families’
Education
Photo by Sunset Park VoiceIn order to provide greater language access for families who speak Mandarin and Spanish, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) is hosting Learning Together [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/FACE/default.htm], two city-wide parent conferences this June. These sessions will be delivered entirely in
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].Applications are now open [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit] for the Walentas Family Foundation’s Neighborhood School Grants, an annual program to support innovative projects in Brooklyn school Districts 13 and 14. During the 2016-2017 cycle of
Bensonhurst
PS 101 The Verrazano School (Photo: NYC Schools)Students at an overcrowded Gravesend elementary school are about to get more legroom. Permits have been issued for a new building that will rise in the parking lot of PS 101 The Verrazano School [http://www.ps101k.com/] (2350 Benson Avenue), nearly