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TriBeCa

April 25, 2013

DOE Plans to Move Beloved P.S. 150 to Chelsea, Outraging Local Parents

The plan would force students to bus from TriBeCa to the new Foundling School in Chelsea.

Union Square

October 26, 2012

Washington Irving Teachers, Parents Protest Success Academy Charter School

Teachers said they plan to fight against the opening of a charter school inside the building.

Upper East Side

October 05, 2012

DOE Glitch Sends Students from Under-Enrolled School to Overcrowded Ones

A mistake sent students slated for the under-enrolled P.S. 267 to other schools instead.

Gramercy

July 17, 2012

DOE Selects 'Suggested' Sites for Success Academy Collocations

Washington Irving and High School of Graphic Communication Arts named as "suggested sites."

TriBeCa

June 05, 2012

Manhattan's District 2 Tops List for Gifted and Talented Seats

More than 530 District 2 preschoolers won a gifted and talented seat for this year.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

January 16, 2012

Murray Hill and Midtown East Parents Face Kindergarten Waitlists

Waitlists are predicted at P.S. 40 and P.S. 116, although P.S. 59 might be spared.

Manhattan

October 28, 2011

City's Gifted and Talented Application Website Had Technical 'Issues'

There were "some issues" with the online application for signing up kids to take the gifted and talented test on Friday, the deadline, but DOE officials said they would help shut out parents schedule a test time on Monday. 

Midtown

October 03, 2011

Concerns Grow Over Who Midtown's First Elementary School Will Serve

Community board and community education council members are trying to pressure the city to commit to limiting Midtown's first elementary school to local kids.