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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.

Financial District

March 18, 2013

New Traffic Light Coming to Beekman Street After UPS Worker Killed by SUV

The crossing, which is near the Spruce Street School, has long been a cause of concern among parents.

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.

Battery Park City

February 11, 2013

Downtown Families Face Space Crunch in Beloved Schools

Lower Manhattan's elementary schools are popular but overcrowded.

Battery Park City

November 29, 2012

P.S. 276 Parents Worry Overcrowding Will Cost Students Art, Science Rooms

Parents at the Battery Park City school want to limit the number of kindergarten classes next fall.

Civic Center

June 12, 2012

New School Crossing Sign Coming to Dangerous Beekman Street Within Days

The city plans to install a new crossing sign on Beekman Street between William and Gold streets.

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.

Financial District

May 17, 2012

Parents Demand Changes After Crash Kills Man by Spruce Street School

Parents at the Spruce Street School want the city to install new signs and speed bumps.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.