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SCHOOL BOARD WORKING OVERTIME TO SOLVE ZONING CHALLENGE

November 5, 2015 | 6:30 PM - Updated on November 9, 2015 | 5:23 PM
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School Board zoning committee chair Kim Watkins sent out a notice today giving an update on the current state of affairs for the rezoning process for three schools on the Upper West Side. She noted that the board (CEC3) has rejected the Dept. of Education’s rezoning plan and agreed to guarantee sibling grandfathering for current students in any proposal. Other than that, it’s very unclear what the board could do. The final vote is now set for Dec. 2.
She wrote that “we agreed as a group that we need to consider contingency issues to alleviate overcrowding at PS199 as part of the reality that we may not have enough time to implement meaningful programming enhancements at PS191 before the vote.”
Other plans are also on the table:

“In addition, the PS191 Principal and SLT presented the CEC with a statement of preference that includes a two-school grade pairing schematic with PS342.

Our task as a working group (tomorrow), therefore, is to provide council with additional recommendations centered around the following three areas:

1. to consider a more conservative allocation to PS452 based on conflicting data points
2. to evaluate the workability for the PS191 proposal
3. to discuss other considerations that may impact the DOE presentation and additional public comment

Please see the attached agenda for tomorrow’s meeting. We will start as a single group but then have two subcommittees working in break out sessions. Our goal is to provide specific recommendations to the CEC3 for next Tuesday’s (11/10) business meeting.”

The list of upcoming meetings is below:

Zoning Committee

November 6, 2015

9am

Joan of Arc Complex, room 204

154 W 93rd Street

Diversity Committee Meeting

November 9, 2015

6pm

Joan of Arc Complex, room 204

154 W 93rd St.

CEC 3 Business Meeting, agenda to follow

November 10th, 2015

6:30 pm

Joan of Arc Complex, auditorium

154 W 93rd St.

Zoning Committee

November 16th

6:30 pm

Joan of Arc Complex, room 204

154 W 93rd St.

CEC 3 Calendar Meeting

November 19th

6:30 pm

PS 87

160 W 78th Street, auditorium

CEC3 Special Calendar Meeting

December 2nd

6pm

Joan of Arc Complex, room 204

154 W 93rd St.

CEC 3 Business & Calendar meeting

December 9th

6:30 pm

Joan of Arc Complex, room 204

154 W 93rd St.

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dannyboy
dannyboy
9 years ago

“She noted that the board (CEC3) has rejected the Dept. of Education’s rezoning plan and agreed to guarantee sibling grandfathering for current students in any proposal. Other than that, it’s very unclear what the board could do.”

…other than redline PS 191 you mean?

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Jen
Jen
9 years ago

The 191 PTA proposal is only going to be successful if they make the new school the prek-2. The new school is the only hope the zone has in attracting families. You are trying to get kindergarten students to enter, not third graders!!!

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Julie
Julie
9 years ago

Anything happen at the zoning committee meeting today?

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In Limbo
In Limbo
9 years ago
Reply to  Julie

They decided to “recommend” a 5 kindergarten cap for 199. This seems like the predictable overreaction the other way from 7 classes 2 years ago. I don’t think anyone knows what will happen for that class next year — will it condense to 4 1st grade classes oversized beyond 30 or will it be 5 1st grade classes to be filled with the same zoned out kids later?

Very confusing what the plan is for next year. The DOE’s rezoning plan was bad for many reasons, but the CEC mainly rejected it on the reasonable grounds that you should not force more families to 191 while doubt (and legal rights) remains over the dangerous designation. Unless the CEC is backtracking from that sound policy, then I have no idea where the 50+ kids from 199 who won’t get seats there but still want public school seats are supposed to go.

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dannyboy
dannyboy
9 years ago
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Are “the 50+ kids from 199 who won’t get seats there but still want public school seats” parents on the CEC?

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UWS_lifer
UWS_lifer
9 years ago

You know, I really dont get it!! There are so many great schools on the Upper West Side, including my alma mater, including Trinity, Calhoun, Columbia Grammer & Prep., Collegiate….do I need to go on?

What are all you people bickering about?!?

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Beth
Beth
9 years ago
Reply to  UWS_lifer

There are also other public schools, but these families prefer packing their children like sardines into a few schools while hoping that the overcrowding will magically resolve itself.

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Sam
Sam
9 years ago
Reply to  UWS_lifer

Are you serious? You must live in a bubble if you think every family can afford private school or are even interested in sending their children to one. Many people support public school for numerous reasons. That is why this struggle matters.

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Anon
Anon
9 years ago
Reply to  UWS_lifer

UWS_lifer, the schools you mention cost $40k a year. People are bickering about free public schools. The disparity between two both funded by our tax dollars is astounding.

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Whycanttheyplanbetter
Whycanttheyplanbetter
9 years ago

If they changed the cut off to match private schools that would be 3 or 4 mths of kids that would have to wait until the following year to enroll. Obviously that followings yr it would be a full year of kids but the first yr they do it it would be a class consisting of kids born in 8 or 9 mths of the yr instead of 12 mths. It would buy them a year of time to complete the new school

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