NPR EVISCERATES UPPER WEST SIDE WITH APRIL FOOL’S DAY JOKE
Porsafillo Pre, a preschool housed in an IM Pei building on a “leafy corner of the Upper West Side,” has so many applicants — 12,000 for 32 spots — that it has resorted to extreme measures to weed through them. … Read the rest of this entry >>
PARENTS START PETITION, DEMAND NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
School overcrowding has become a persistent problem on the Upper West Side as the city has approved large developments in the neighborhood, but has been slow to add classroom seats to keep up with the growing population. Now a group … Read the rest of this entry >>
LOCAL TEACHER IS PHENOMENAL/AWFUL, OR WHY IT’S HARD TO TRUST CITY DATA
Even people who don’t agree with a court’s decision to release data rating individual teachers in New York City public schools probably took a peak at the scores for teachers at schools near where they live. How couldn’t they? Everyone … Read the rest of this entry >>
DETAILS OF SCHOOL SEX ABUSE EMERGE
Since we reported on the teacher’s assistant who was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a young boy at PS 87 at 160 West 78th Street, more details have emerged about the case. Gregory Atkins, the 56-year-old teacher’s assistant, was … Read the rest of this entry >>
TEACHER’S ASSISTANT AT PS 87 CHARGED WITH SEX ABUSE (UPDATED)
A scary story crossed the wires late on Friday: a teacher’s aide at PS 87, one of the most highly regarded schools in the neighborhood, has been arrested for sexually abus … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: NEW SCHOOL PLANS UNVEILED TONIGHT, LEVAIN COOKIE COPYCAT
December 15, 2011 Weather: Showers, High of 54 Deg … Read the rest of this entry >>
CREATIVE MIDDLE-CLASS UWS DAD SEEKS DECENT 2-BEDROOM NEAR DECENT SCHOOL: IMPOSSIBLE?
West Side Rag columnist Richard Kriheli is living in a one-bedroom apartment with his wife and son, but he's looking to upgrade to a two-bedroom so he can live like a, you know, human be … Read the rest of this entry >>
A NEW FATHER WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UPPER WEST SIDE
Dearest Upper West Side, You want more, I hear. Word reached me about your average rent hikes, and I’m bummed. Look, I may be playing out of your league, living half a block from Central Park, but you should be fighting for me to stay, especially with the current eco … Read the rest of this entry >>
MORNING BULLETIN: BED BUGS EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
September 6, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 65 Deg … Read the rest of this entry >>
