Posts Tagged ‘department of education’

School Rezoning Plan Leaves Room for Charter

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By Dan Rivoli P.S. 145 is, according to the Department of Education and Principal Ivelisse Alvarez, a good school. The city gave P.S. 145, located on 150 W. 105th St. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues, a B in this year’s progress report card. Though the school did receive some poor marks for school environment and
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Elected Officials Demand Help on PCBs in Schools

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By Gavin Aronsen West Side elected officials and advocates urged the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Education at an Oct. 7 rally on the steps of City Hall to start investigating the levels of toxic PCBs in hundreds of potentially affected city schools. The results of a pilot study conducted this year with the
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UWS SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD

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By Dan Rivoli A former custodian at an Upper West Side high school pled guilty for defrauding the city of more than $100,000. District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced Philip Portelli, a 33-year-old former custodian at Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School, pled guilty to running a “no-show job scheme.”
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Unrest at Bronx Science

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By Alexandra Waldhorn and Megan Izen Playground politics are no longer reserved for students at Bronx High School of Science. An estimated 70 teachers and supporters from the prestigious public school rallied outside Mayor Bloomberg’s Upper East Side home June 10 with a plea for him to intervene in the school’s ongoing battle with top
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OVERCROWDING QUESTIONS

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Department of Education officials will attend a Community Education Council meeting to discuss overcrowding in a pocket of the Upper West Side. District 3, which runs from West 59th Street up to Harlem, has been overcrowded in its southern section as more young families have moved into the neighborhood and parents have chosen public school
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GROWING RIFT OVER P.S. 199 CROWDING PROPOSALS

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The Department of Education’s preliminary proposals for tackling overcrowding in District 3 have led to escalating tension between parents at P.S. 199 and The Center School, whose children share a building on West 70th Street. Various factions from the two schools sharply disagree on whether The Center School should be moved to alleviate the space
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DECLINE IN HUNTER COLLEGE HS HOPEFULS

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Every January, hundreds of 6th graders flock to the Upper East Side to take a test for which only the city’s brightest qualify. While students at Hunter College are on winter break, the middle schoolers take over their classrooms with just one goal in mind: to qualify for one of 200 seats at nearby Hunter
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