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Earlier this week, we gave you a heads up on all the asbestos brouhaha coming out of Cobble Hill’s PS 29. Parents are up in arms over the asbestos abatement which will be taking place while school is in session. Now, the community is coming together to... »
Success Academy Charter School network head Eva Moskowitz blamed "the unions" today when SUNY's Charter School Institute postponed a vote on allowing higher management fees at some of the chain's charter schools."We are disappointed that union oppositi... »
This evening parents will rally at PS 29 in Cobble Hill in concern of the asbestos removal at PS 29 while school is still in session, which they say is in violation of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection Regulations. A parent tells us: “On F... »
Before I move forward on this post, I want to offer a quick disclaimer: I am a PS 29 parent. That puts me a little close to this news. But news it is, so I wanted to report on it best I can. You may have already heard about the dust-up between the scho... »
I hope that a group called "Students First" would make it a top priority to stop the rapid rise in New York City public school class sizes. »
Last week we had a rundown on the projects in Councilmember Brad Lander’s district that received the most votes for funding via participatory budgeting, which will receive $1 million earmarked for them in the 2013 budget. This weekend the Times had a s... »
Friday evening, parents, children and community members met in the schoolyard of PS 29 to protest what they deemed "risky asbestos removal" scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. A group of approximately 50 individuals gathered, holding signs that read "SCA A... »
