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Recent Headlines

TriBeCa

June 11, 2012

City Will Fix Downtown School 'Crunch' by Sending Kids to Chinatown

Dozens of Downtown kids could be given spaces at P.S. 1 in Chinatown as soon as the fall of 2013.

Upper East Side

March 27, 2012

P.S. 290's Post-Rezoning Waitlist Angers Parents

Though P.S. 290 was rezoned to reduce waitlists, some parents got letters showing a waitlist of 42.

Upper East Side

January 26, 2012

Fight Kicks Off Over New School in UES's P.S. 158

Parents want a middle school to share space with P.S. 158. The DOE is also considering a K - 5 school.

Upper East Side

January 11, 2012

New PS 527 to Focus on Foreign Languages, 'Global Studies'

Daniel McCormick, assistant principal at E. Harlem's G&T school, will lead the UES's new P.S. 527.

Downtown

November 29, 2011

City Scraps Plan to Send TriBeCa Kids to Chinatown, But Warns of Waitlists

P.S. 234's current zone will remain intact in the fall of 2012, DOE officials said Monday.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

November 16, 2011

DOE Rejects Plan that Could Ease P.S. 116 Overcrowding

The Department of Education declined a request to ease overcrowding at Kips Bay's P.S. 116, but parents vowed to keep fighting.

Downtown

November 09, 2011

City Releases Revised School Rezoning Plan for District 2

The DOE's new plan sends some children zoned for P.S. 234 in TriBeCa to P.S. 1 in Chinatown instead.

Downtown

November 03, 2011

DOE to Unveil New Downtown School Rezoning Proposal

The DOE will offer a new plan for rezoning Downtown's schools, after parents objected to an earlier proposal.

Murray Hill and Gramercy

October 28, 2011

Support Grows in Fight Against Overcrowded Schools in Kips Bay

A group of parents and teachers from P.S. 116 in Kips Bay have gained the support of local elected officials and community boards in their fight against overcrowding.

Downtown

October 27, 2011

Education Dept. Reconsiders Unpopular Downtown School Rezoning Plan

A DOE official said the city may not force TriBeCa children to attend P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village as proposed.

Upper East Side

October 07, 2011

Upper East Side Principal and Parents Blast DOE Rezoning Plans

P.S. 290's principal fears that the DOE's rezoning of Upper East Side elementary schools could leave the popular school with too few students, which could then hurt the school's budget.

Downtown

October 05, 2011

TriBeCa Parents Speak Out Against School Rezoning Proposal

Parents in northern TriBeCa want to send their children to the local P.S. 234, not P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village.

Downtown

September 28, 2011

Extra Room in Chinatown Schools Could Ease Downtown Overcrowding, City Says

There are 350 to 370 seats available in P.S. 1 and P.S. 126, a Department of Education official said.

Downtown

September 23, 2011

Downtown School Rezoning Would Slice TriBeCa in Half

The city wants to send TriBeCa children living above North Moore Street to the Greenwich Village's P.S. 3.

Downtown

June 24, 2011

Plan to Bus Kids Out of Downtown Will Halt Area's Recovery, Parents Warn

Parents fighting a city plan to send students to Chinatown claim it will hurt the area's development.