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Battery Park City

May 13, 2013

Parents Slam DOE Failure to Plan for Downtown Kindergarten Wait-Lists

More than 100 kids remain on the wait-lists for Downtown kindergartens.

Financial District

April 05, 2013

Popular Downtown Schools Add Whopping 148 Children to Wait-List

Most of lower Manhattan's elementary schools have placed children on long wait-lists.

TriBeCa

March 04, 2013

Despite New School, Beloved Downtown Pre-K Programs Remain in Huge Demand

A new pre-K is coming to Lower Manhattan, but parents still want to see more seats in the area.

TriBeCa

February 14, 2013

Popular Downtown Schools Face Kindergarten Lotteries Once Again

P.S. 234 and P.S. 276 will both have to hold lotteries for kindergarten this year.

New York City

February 12, 2013

Look Beyond Favorites to Up-and-Coming Schools in the Neighborhood

Experts urge parents look beyond pricey, name-brand school zones and neighborhoods to find bargains.

Battery Park City

February 11, 2013

Downtown Families Face Space Crunch in Beloved Schools

Lower Manhattan's elementary schools are popular but overcrowded.

New York City

September 05, 2012

Families Rush to Register for School One Day Before It Starts

Anxious parents flooded school enrollment offices to find a seat for their child.

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.

Battery Park City

May 23, 2012

Battery Park City School Opens Extra Kindergarten to Take Waitlisted Kids

P.S. 276 will open a fifth section of kindergarten in the fall of 2012, staff said.

Battery Park City

May 17, 2012

Waitlisted Battery Park City Kindergarteners Will Go to Chinatown, DOE Says

Battery Park City parents were upset their children might have to attend school outside the neighborhood.

Downtown

April 23, 2012

Parents Slam City Solutions for Downtown Kindergarten Waitlists

Parents said the city needs to build another new school in Lower Manhattan.

Manhattan

March 29, 2012

City May Kill Pre-K Classes to Accommodate Waitlisted Kindergartners

The DOE may eliminate pre-k programs to free up space for hundreds of waitlisted kindergartners.

Downtown

March 28, 2012

Popular Downtown Schools Waitlist Nearly 100 Children

Four of Downtown's five zoned elementary schools have kindergarten waitlists, school staff said.

Downtown

February 13, 2012

Students Get Tour of Artifact-Filled Fulton St. Construction Site

P.S. 276 students took a field trip to Fulton Street's water main construction site Feb. 13, 2012.

Downtown

January 17, 2012

Nearly Half P.S. 234's Kindergarten Seats Already Gone to Siblings

Siblings of current P.S. 234 students snapped up 52 of the 125 available seats.