P.S. 199/CENTER SCHOOL DEBATE CONTINUES

Written by admin on November 26, 2008. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: I attended a recent Community Education Council meeting, and I was appalled that the PA president’s council was in favor of moving The Center School and equally appalled that the CEC thinks this is a good idea. It might be better to move The Anderson School out of District 3 to a
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REZONING OK’D

Written by admin on November 26, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

District 3’s Community Education Council has given the final go-ahead to the rezoning plan that has roiled the community. The Department of Education says the vote was essentially the last stroke to put the plan into execution for the 2009-10 school year. The plan, approved by a 7-1 margin at a Nov. 19 meeting, is
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SCHOOL MOVE OK’D

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

District 3’s Community Education Council voted in favor of a fiercely contended rezoning and relocation proposal to alleviate overcrowding at a local elementary school. The proposal, which unanimously passed with one abstention at a Nov. 12 meeting, incorporates suggestions from the Department of Education and the parent council. The plan would move a small middle
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GROWING RIFT OVER P.S. 199 CROWDING PROPOSALS

Written by admin on October 30, 2008. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit

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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