Joe Fiordaliso

The waitlist was lower this year at P.S. 199, but not at P.S. 87, according to the DOE. 

Education leaders are looking for solutions beyond rezoning to end the overcrowding crisis at P.S. 199. 

If the school is still "dangerous" next fall when it doubles in size, the DOE will offer transfers.

The DOE's withholding of information from the principal and parents is "disturbing," leaders charged.

The DOE has added seats to P.S. 199 despite promising not to increase enrollment.

The state designated the local elementary and middle school as "persistently dangerous."

District 3 has a high percentage of charter school students and charter schools, an IBO report said.

Joe Fiordaliso says he listens to parents' concerns and pushes for change as a local education leader.

The percentage of African-American students at local schools has steadily declined over the past decade.

P.S. 116's policy is going before CB2's schools and education committee Monday night.

The most seats are coming to Queens, with the fewest slated for Manhattan and Staten Island.

Beacon High School's new home on West 43rd Street will open on Aug. 1, 2015, instead of Sept. 1.

The Brandeis and Martin Luther King Jr. complexes are the only ones in the area with metal detectors.

The DOE said it added 25 new seats to the popular school to accomodate a long waitlist this year. 

Parents who are zoned for P.S. 199 say the school should consider adding another kindergarten class.