Expanding demand and dwindling supply of middle school gifted and talented seats in Long Island City have parents fuming over the possibility of their children getting dropped from the program. Kids from P.S. 122 and P.S. 150 were previously promised seats through 8th grade, filtering into the middle school program at P.S. 122. In line [...]
Quinn leads crowded field for 2013 mayoral nod Council Speaker Christine Quinn remained at the head of the field in the 2013 mayoral race, though her once wide margin has shrunk. NY1-Marist Poll released a poll surveying registered city voters on next year’s race for mayor with Quinn coming out on top with the support [...]
Parents looking to enroll their tiny tots in a free education program have until the end of the month to do so. Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) programs throughout the five boroughs still have several thousand seats left to be filled, according to city leaders. The program, hosted by a select group of local public schools and [...]
BY WILLIAM NELSON We at the Flushing YMCA are once again delighted to have the opportunity to serve families through the Department of Education funded Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program (UPK). Research supports that high quality early childhood programs such as “Universal Pre-Kindergarten” give four-year-old children the best opportunity to be prepared and gain the readiness skills necessary [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Overcast with a chance of rain, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the afternoon. High of 72. Winds from the SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Monday night: Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance [...]
Four Queens schools are on the chopping block after receiving poor marks on the Department of Education’s (DOE) progress reports. The four — I.S. 59, J.H.S 8, P.S. 140 and P.S./M.S. 156 — are from a list of roughly 40 borough schools that received low grades. Their fate was finalized after the department reviewed grades; [...]
Freshmen at Richmond Hill High School may soon have to don their jackets just to get to class. Across the borough, Temporary Classroom Units (TCUs) are used to supplement classroom space to accommodate the massive number of students coming in. Richmond Hill High School, one of these schools, currently has 11 TCUs, a Department of [...]
It could be final bell for 217 city schools whose progress reports showed dismal grades. The progress reports include “A” through “F” grades of 1,193 elementary and middle schools. The schools who scored a “D” or an “F,” or no higher than a “C” for three years, could be on the chopping block, with this [...]
It could be final bell for 217 city schools whose progress reports showed dismal grades. The progress reports include “A” through “F” grades of 1,193 elementary and middle schools. The schools who scored a “D” or an “F,” or no higher than a “C” for three years, could be on the chopping block, with this [...]
An imposing 220-pound Queens gym teacher alleges he was knocked out of work by a 50-pound first grader. John Webster, a gym teacher at P.S. 330 in Elmhurst, told the NY Post that he suffered a fractured ankle and injured his knee last April during a tantrum by then first-grader Rodrigo Carpio. “I tried to [...]
