About Face for DOE: District 3 Needs New School

After desperate parents, elected officials and the Department of Education convened a “war room” to deal with District 3 crowding, the city has agreed to create a new school on the Upper West Side. This marks a significant turnaround for the Department of Education, and a victory for parents who have been pleading with education officials to acknowledge that the neighborhood building and baby booms have created a dire need for new elementary seats. Read more

January 28, 2010 | Filed Under Education | 1 Comment 

An Exciting New School

Parents in Harlem, East Harlem and the Upper West Side, as well as throughout the city, should be excited by an idea that was proposed at Brandeis High School last week: a racially and ethnically diverse new high school on West 84th Street emphasizing writing and literature that may open in September 2010. Read more

June 17, 2009 | Filed Under Editorial, Op-ed | 1 Comment 

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