Joe Fiordaliso

The P.S. 199 waitlist increased dramatically this year, which parents are blaming on K Connect. 

Harlem Success Academy is trying to take over classrooms at Frederick Douglass Academy II.

Education leaders are now racing to work out the specifics of the new 6-12 school on W. 61st St.

The DOE has not announced what will become of the Beacon school building in 2015.

Frederick Douglass Academy II currently shares space with Success Academy Harlem West on W. 114th St.

P.S. 199 has received nearly 600 applications this year for fewer than 150 spots. 

The P.S. 166 playground often has to close after a snowstorm because of its design, parents said.

The CEC's resolution calls for a new school in the space vacated by Beacon High School. 

Parents say the DOE isn't taking into account the enormous residential growth in the neighborhood. 

The meeting will give the public another chance to weigh in on plans for the building. 

Two of the schools slid from a C grade to an F this year. 

Parents say a new UWS school is behind schedule, but the city counters it's waiting for community input.

Delays in renovations to the P.S. 166 playground may push construction further into the school year.

Students in District 3 did better on the whole than the citywide average on the new standardized tests.

An opposition group is threatening a plan for local playground renovations this summer.