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Central Brooklyn

Teachers From The School With One Of The First COVID-19 Cases Ring Alarm Bells On How Poorly Protocols Work

Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Teachers from MS88, one of two Brooklyn Schools schools (PS 1 is the other) where positive cases of COVID – 19 were reported [/in-an-early-test-for-nyc-two-schools-report-positive-cases-of-covid-19/] among staff on the second day of school

Arts & Culture

Kids Restore Vandalized Mural in Windsor Terrace

Brooklyn Arts for Kids participants restore the Community mural. Courtesy of Brooklyn Arts for Kids.At Brooklyn Arts for Kids [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9MbJICfyJ0oJ:www.brooklynartsforkids.com/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us] , a visual and performing arts program for

COVID-19

In an early test for NYC, two schools report positive cases of COVID-19

Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?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] By Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https:

Central Brooklyn

NYC ventilation reports say most classrooms are safe. Educators aren’t convinced.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour Bronx Collaborative High School to observe ventilation inspections and have a discussion with parents about school reopening. Bronx Collaborative High School. Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/

Central Brooklyn

Parents Call BS On Mayor And UFT Deal – OPINION

BY PRESS NYC: PARENTS FOR RESPONSIVE, EQUITABLE, SAFE SCHOOLS A day after a 7-hour City Council Education Committee hearing where, as at the August 19th PEP, students, parents, and educators spoke out [http://tiny.cc/delayletters] in unity against the reopening of school buildings, it’s becoming ever clearer

Bay Ridge

Concern and Frustration Over Lack of Detail on School Reopening Worry Southern Brooklyn Parents and Educators

BAY RIDGE/CONEY ISLAND – Last Thursday night some 60 residents Zoomed into the Southern Brooklyn Community Roundtable on School Reopening, organized by Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus (AD46, Coney Island, Dyker Heights and parts of Bay Ridge). The event offered those present – mainly parents and educators from School Districts 20 and 21

Central Brooklyn

NYC Teachers Union Prepares For Strike Authorization Votes This Week

Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?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] By Alex Zimmerman and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Calling for a

COVID-19

NYC is scrambling to check buildings before schools reopen. But some educators say they’re discouraged from reporting problems.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, August 24, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Amy Zimmer and Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/25/21400153/nyc-school-buildings-safety-inspections-reopening] Before any of New York City’s roughly 1,700 public

Announcements

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit] to Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chancellor Richard Carranza Wednesday, August 19, outlining their concerns over plans to reopen schools. The letter reads: We are the P.

Business

I’m Desperate For Schools To Open, But Maybe Not Just YET – OPINION

By Jill Marshall, single parent of two elementary school kids in Greenwood Heights Like most parents these days, I’ve acquired a myriad of new day jobs on top of the already crowded plate I balanced carefully before COVID-19 barreled into our lives last spring. I am now the

Central Brooklyn

Nearly Half of NYC’s Asian Families Opt For Fully-virtual Learning, New Figures Show

Photo by David Ballew [https://unsplash.com/@daveballew?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] By Alex Zimmerman, Originally published by Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.

bath beach

EXCLUSIVE: School District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino To Retire

District 20 Outgoing Superintendent Carina Kostantino with schoolchildren [https://www.facebook.com/CECDistrict20/photos/a.1217949231635561/1217953831635101/?type=1&theater] ., via CEC20 Facebook page.BAY RIDGE – On Friday, it was revealed that Superintendent Karina Costantino of District 20 (D20) will be retiring, effective Monday, August 31st. The announcement was