MORE KIDS, LESS SCHOOL SEATS

Written by admin on September 17, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The spate of new construction has exacerbated the school overcrowding problem on the West Side has, where children were waitlisted for local public schools. Yet the Department of Education is using flawed metrics to predict the number of new school seats needed in Manhattan over the next decade, according to a report by Borough President
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GARAGE WARNING FOR STUDENTS

Written by admin on July 29, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Park-It garage, at 200 West End Ave., will mount a flashing red light outside its driveway to alert pedestrians of entering and exiting vehicles after concerned parents at nearby P.S. 199 complained to managers. The garage, which opened last November, originally had no auditory or visual warning signals. The school’s PTA worried that traffic coming
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