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Is Your Child Entering Kindergarten or Pre-K Next Year? School Tour Time!
If your child was born in 2010 and enrolling in kindergarten next year (or 2011 going into pre-K next year), now is the time to start looking at schools. Many public schools are starting to offer...
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The Future School Overcrowding Problem is Already Here…at P.S. 8!
P.S. 8 meeting Last week, we attended a meeting held by the P.S. 8 PTA to address the current and growing overcrowding problem at the school, located in Brooklyn Heights. Since becoming a magnet school...
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TAKE 2: The CB2 Again Urges the Mayor to Build a New School in DoBro
CB2 Budget Response It’s been more than a year and a half since Community Board 2 told the Mayor that a new school in Downtown Brooklyn was their top funding priority. Last year the Mayor’s office...
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Is P.S. 8 at the Breaking Point?
P.S. Engagement Meeting 2 years ago we wrote about the confluence of factors (including lots of development in DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights) that would inevitably lead to a severe overcrowding problem at...
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Is Overcrowding Inevitable in our Area Schools?
Proposed Housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park A recent report filed as part of the lawsuit to stop the building of residential housing in Brooklyn Bridge park revealed a very interesting tidbit…according to...
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Getting Down To Work…And There’s Lots To Do!
We’re thrilled that Councilman Steve Levin is spearheading a task force to finally address the impact of all the residential development in the area on local schools. The first meeting of the Downtown...
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The Case for Diverse Schools to Benefit All NYC Children
Years of research has shown that diverse, integrated schools benefit children from all backgrounds yet recent studies confirm that New York City has the most segregated school system in the entire...
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It’s School Tour Time Again!
If your child was born in 2011 and enrolling in kindergarten next year (or born in 2012 and going into pre-K), now is the time to start looking at schools. Many public schools are starting to offer...
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Downtown Brooklyn Facing ‘School Capacity Crisis,’ Borough President Warns
Borough President Letter to the SCA Finally officials are saying what we’ve been saying for three years and the numbers bear it out. There is clearly not enough seats in the existing schools to absorb...
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This Is What We’ve Been Working For…Finally New Schools!
Summary of SCA projections Huge news!!! The School Construction Authority (SCA), the agency that builds new schools in New York, has requested funding in the next city budget for not one but four new...
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Where Should They Build A New School in Downtown Brooklyn?
Good news! There is now funding to build 3 new public schools in (or near) Downtown Brooklyn in the latest Capital Plan. The bad news is that a huge challenge remains…finding suitable sites to build...
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2 New Public Elementary Schools Finally Planned for Downtown Brooklyn!
We’re thrilled to report that not one, but two new (much needed) elementary schools are on the drawing board for Downtown Brooklyn! Both schools will be part of mixed-used highrises built in...
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The last chance to build an Downtown Brooklyn elementary school in D15?
80 Flatbush: Proposed site of new elementary school For nearly 6 years, Downtown Brooklyn School Solutions has worked closely with Councilman Stephen Levin to bring new elementary schools to the...
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