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Head Start Finished?

Posted on April 6, 2005 by dailyheights

head start.jpg Charles Star writes: “As I was walking to the train this morning, I snapped this photo of workmen taking down the sign for the Medgar Evers Head Start center at Park & Vanderbilt. I don’t know the backstory, but is it possibly a casualty of Bush administration education funding / No Child Left Behind?”

Anybody know anything about this? Here’s the website for the Medgar Evers College Head Start Child Development Center.

UPDATE: oops. Things not looking good for Head Start today.

LINKS:
Head Start Program Faces Uncertain Future [Houston Chronicle]
Head Start abuses anger U.S. lawmakers [Kansas City Star]

Brooklyn Arena for Nets? “No”

Posted on February 8, 2005 by dailyheights

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Patti Hagan and Jezra Kaye of the Prospect Heights Action Coalition
wrote in the Daily News: “…This project would sit on two kinds of land: a $500
million parcel now used as a … (railroad) storage yard and 10 acres of
private property, now home to 864 people and 437 jobs in 71 buildings.”

“Laws allow New York State to take private property ‘for
public use.’ But this project will not be public – Ratner and his partners will
own the arena, the team, the skyscrapers and the profits they make … Ratner has asked that $28 million of sales and income
taxes from the development be redirected back to him each year for years to
come … Another concern is how the neighborhood could accommodate
the residents of 4,500 new apartments. Public School 9 on Underhill Ave. is
already too crowded."

Local School Survey — for Parents, by Parents

Posted on February 7, 2005 by dailyheights

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Someone we know only as "Gordon" sent out an e-mail announcing a survey of New York City parents: "Our goal is to pool
information from local families to help all of us make better, more
informed decisions about which elementary and pre-schools are best for
our children."

"The survey is short: Less than 5 minutes … All participant identities will remain strictly confidential.
By completing this survey, you are giving us permission to share your
anonymous responses with others … We’ll email a summary of survey results to each participant who
completes the survey…" Take the survey here.

NEW GROUP: Learn More about PS9

Posted on February 3, 2005 by dailyheights

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John just started a PS
9 Community e-mail group for people who have an interest in the school. If you’re a current parent (or "prospective" one), a student, a teacher, an administrator or "just a concerned member of the community," you are hereby encouraged to join: "We will discuss the
school’s performance, both how it shines and ways it can be supported and
improved and I hope it will give those with an interest in the school a more
direct pipeline to those who know the school best." To sign up,To request a subscribe to this group, please visit this Google Groups page.

HEADS UP: Learn More about PS9 tomorrow night

Posted on January 31, 2005 by dailyheights

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Small, informal gathering for current and prospective PS9 parents tomorrow (Tuesday) night. May make a general announcement later. For now, if you want details, e-mail us.

NEXT THURSDAY AM: Go get to know PS9

Posted on January 26, 2005 by dailyheights

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If you’re interested in sending your kids to PS9, there’s an open house for lower grades (Pre-K and 1st) on Thursday, January 27, at 9 a.m. Also information about the LEAD program for "gifted" kids. Assistant Principal Ms. Smith leads the tour. Call 718-834-6790.

Interested Parents Meeting: Informal gathering, hosted by current PS9 parents and the PS9 PTA, on Tuesday, February 1, from 6:30 – 8 pm. RSVP to Kirsten Levingston.

The Drink Police, They Work Inside of My School

Posted on January 18, 2005 by dailyheights

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Battle afoot, over on Classon Avenue, involving marketers of nutritious, healthy drinks for kids. The NY Post reports: "Kids held a rowdy protest recently at Clara Barton HS in Prospect
Heights, where they have been smuggling soda past Gestapo-like drink
police inside heavy parkas … Cynthia Vallejo, a Barton
student (said) ‘We believe it is a way to take students’ money and for
Snapple to profit.‘ Under the $40 million deal, which …"

Grammar Gestapo: Read that lead again. How do the drink police fit inside heavy parkas? Sing it, Robin: "The Drink Police, they live inside of my coat…"