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.
When the Department of Education recently announced a new round of proposed changes to the neighborhood's school zones, brokers have been bracing for the changes.
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.