Educators are working hard to reassure anxious parents that their kids will be safe in school, but not everyone is getting the message, or reassured.
The requests are notable because the Education Department has so far been reluctant to consider enrollment caps at overcrowded schools as a means of reducing class sizes.
The preliminary budget preserves funding for Summer Rising, but does not replace more than $100 million in expiring money for 3-K.
The situation raises concerns that technical snafus could prevent scores of high school applications from being considered.
The resolution is one of several efforts in NYC schools to prepare for major changes in immigration enforcement by the Trump administration.
David Banks’ comments come as conversations about school cellphone bans are once again heating up in Albany.
Nineteen of the 30 schools selected for the first Journalism For All cohort are in the Bronx and Brooklyn, and the schools have an average student poverty rate of 84%.
P.S. 103 has three music teachers for its roughly 800 students, allowing every student to get music instruction and for the school to support both a choir and band.
A growing number of elected officials, including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, spoke out in recent days urging the panel to approve the contract.
The conference marked 20 years since city officials made major reforms that set the admissions system on the path to what families see today.