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By Laura Schiller Is Work Hard, Be Kind the Right Motto for Our School…? The summer before my daughter starts kindergarten was supposed

PS 199 on West 70th street has the longest waiting list in the city for Kindergarten spots, and parents with kids on that list have been waiting all summer

A meeting about overcrowding and wait lists at popular Upper West Side schools grew emotional on Tuesday night as parents debated whether to add new Kindergarten classes to already-overcrowded schools.

Jamal Baughan, a 22-year-old part-time worker at an after-school program at PS 191, was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at his home.

The wrecking ball aimed at two Upper West Side schools isn't going to swing. The potential demolition of PS 199 on 70th street and PS 191 on 61st has been averted. Months after the West Side Rag broke the story that the Department of Education was quietly floating a proposal ...

The fight to keep the city from demolishing two local public schools is moving ahead, even as the city has mostly remained silent. Update, 12:50 p.m.: We just learned the rally has been called off on account of weather. On Friday starting at 3:30 p.m., people fighting the possible demolitions, ...

By Maria Dering PS 191 and PS 199 parents and neighbors voiced their opinions at a meeting Monday about the Department of Education's plans to consider tearing down the schools so a developer

We have been hearing quite a bit about the fight to stop the demolition of PS 199 on West 70th street as the city considers redeveloping the school building as a high-rise with a new school at the bottom. But PS 191 on West 61st is also potentially going to ...

New efforts are underway to stop or slow the process of demolishing two local public schools so that developers can build high-rises with new schools in their place. Parents and local residents near PS 199, on West 70th street, have been especially active trying to stop the plans. And State ...

Community opposition is building to city plans that could allow developers to knock down two local schools and build luxury high-rises with new schools in their place. If the city moves ahead, PS 191 on 61st street and PS 199 on 70th street would be demolished as soon as 2015. ...

The news we broke about the city's effort to find developers willing to redevelop the sites of two Upper West Side public schools has shocked local parents. PS 191 on 61st street and PS 199 on 70th street could be demolished and redeveloped as high-rises with new schools inside them. ...

In somewhat shocking news, we have learned that the city has solicited and received proposals from developers to demolish PS 199 on West 70th Street and PS 191 on West 61st Street and build luxury towers on their sites. PS 199, an elementary school, is one of the most highly ...