Elmhurst Library Opens Temporary Branch
While a new Elmhurst library is being built, a temporary library has opened to serve the community at 85-08 51st Avenue, near Broadway in Elmhurst….
Education
Council Rallies Against School Turnaround Plan
As a vote slowly approaches to close and reopen 33 schools, the fight is gradually escalating against the Department of Education and Mayor Michael Bloomberg….
DOE inspects Problem Intersection but Gives No Answers
Parents got the walk through, but the Department of Education (DOE) won’t say what’s next. Answering the call of angry residents and Councilman Jimmy Van…
Parents Still Clamoring for DOE Attention at Intersection
As trucks were rumbling past behind Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and students from P.S. 229, he and parents explained why kids shouldn’t have to dodge…
DOE to Reconsider Busing Kids Around Intersection
After a public shaming aimed at the Department of Education (DOE), parents at a Maspeth school won a second chance at bus service for their…
Turner Wants Tax Break for Tuition
Congressman Bob Turner (R-Queens) wants to give parents who pay for private school a tax break. At a news conference in front of St. Margaret…
Ridgewood School Picked for Mobile App Design Program
Thanks to a new pilot program, the next must-have mobile app could be developed by any one of Ridgewood’s brightest students. Ridgewood-based Grover Cleveland High…
Public Hearings Set for Potential School Closings
Several schools in Queens are in danger of closing – including Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Richmond Hill High School and John Adams High…
Second Queens Educator Accused of Sex Abuse
Another Queens educator was arrested last week for allegedly sexually abusing students. He was the fifth of six Department of Education (DOE) employee arrested on…
CEC 27 Nixes Middle School Choice Plan
Parents with children at District 27 opposed to the controversial middle school choice proposal can rest easy—at least, for now. Citing the loud opposition…
Bloomberg Doesn’t Back Down on Turnaround
Despite a breakthrough from Albany in the deadlocked debate on teacher evaluations, 33 city schools—including eight in Queens—may still replace half their teachers as part…
Rego Park Teacher Accused of Sexual Abuse
A Rego Park teacher who was investigated in 2000 for inappropriately touching students was arrested Thursday, Feb. 16 for allegedly sexually abusing two boys in…
Driver Leads 28 Kids Off Bus Before It Ignites
Calvin Covington was driving a bus full of sixth-graders home from Intermediate School 77 on Thursday afternoon in Ridgewood when he smelled smoke. He passed…
Beacon Program Still In Danger
Community Board 6 announced their capital and expense budget for 2013 at their monthly meeting on Feb. 8, which aims at saving a local school…
Schools Rebuke plan to Replace Teachers: Bloomberg Wants to Close, Reopen Schools to get $58 Million
By Jeremiah Dobruck Updated below Grover Cleveland High School’s assistant principal Michelle Robertson bellowed at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. An immigrant from Barbados herself, she told…