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Long Island City

April 22, 2013

DOE Adds Extra Kindergarten Class at P.S. 78 for Waitlisted Kids

The class will open 25 extra kindergarten seats at the school, which has seen an influx of new families.

Long Island City

February 18, 2013

P.S. 166 Students Win Fight for Gifted Middle School Seats in Queens

Current gifted students will be granted spots at a new program that will launch next year at I.S. 126.

Long Island City

January 16, 2013

P.S. 166 Parents Feel Slighted by Proposed Gifted Program for District 30

Gifted students at P.S. 166 are the only ones in district 30 without an automatic middle school transfer.

Woodside

January 04, 2013

Woodside School Will Get Annex to Replace Longtime Trailer Classrooms

The city will build an addition at crowded P.S. 11, which has used portable classrooms for over a decade.

Long Island City

October 19, 2012

New Hunters Point Schools Not Enough for Growing Nabe, Parents Say

Two news schools, P.S. 312 and I.S./H.S. 404, will open in Hunters Point in September 2013.

Downtown

December 16, 2011

More Seats Announced for New Peck Slip School

The Peck Slip School will now offer 712 elementary seats, 56 more than had been announced in November.

Midtown

October 31, 2011

City Shrank Union Square School to Head off Lawsuits

The decision to downsize a new public school near Union Square was driven by fears that angry residents would sue the city.

Midtown

October 18, 2011

Battle Over East 15th Street School Escalates

Residents and community board members are locked in a battle over a new school on East 15th Street.

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.

Manhattan

March 23, 2011

Department of Education Delays Vote on Controversial Capital Budget Plan

The plan proposes cutting thousands of previously planned public school seats.