Protests are Starting Against the DOE Proposal for the East Side School

From yesterday's Daily News:

Uptown parents, students and politicians are calling on the city to halt an under-the-radar proposal for private developers to knock out a school for luxury apartments. 

The Department of Education quietly floated the proposal earlier this year to demolish East Harlem’s High School of Cooperative Technical Education along with two upper West Side schools, to make room for high-rise apartment buildings that would house new schools underneath. 

The upper West Side locations averted demolition, but the city is still shopping the E. 96th St. vocational school to developers. 

Co-Op Tech students, parents and educators said they will demonstrate in front of the East Harlem school on Friday morning, joined byBorough President Scott Stringer, to call on the city to halt the project.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/school-selloff-sell-east-harlem-parents-article-1.1384670#ixzz2XWCqKayw

Demonstrations will begin today at the High School of CTE outside the school on E. 96th between 1st and 2nd Ave at 10:30.

Discuss Land Use Issues (like PS 199) with City Council Candidates June 27th

Read the New York Times article on real estate influence in the race.

JCC Forum for City Council Candidates

City Council Candidates will speak on Youth and Education

Another good opportunity to quiz the CC candidates on their views concerning PS 199 and PS 191.

June 18th at the JCC

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Details can be found here:

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/cat-content.aspx?catid=2994&progID=28393#/EJCCCC00S3

RSVP is required.

The Coalition to Save Our Schools Public Hearing

We are one of the sponsors of this very important event. Please come to listen, speak and let the DOE know how you feel about their proposal. Please print, distribute an post this flyer.  You can download it here. 

Important CEC 3 Meeting to Attend

Meet the Candidates for Manhattan Borough President

This is a great opportunity to question the candidates about issues important to our neighborhood like the potential demolition of P.S. 199.

Monday, May 13, 2013, 7 PM

Council House

241 West 72nd Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue)

Manhattan Borough President Candidates

Gale Brewer

Jessica Lappin

Robert Jackson

Julie Menie

NYC Mayoral Education Debate this Thursday

A forum on the future of public education in NYC with Democratic primary mayoral candidates. Moderated by

Diane Ravitch

Thursday May 2nd

5:30-7:00 pm

PS 29 (425 Henry Street, Brooklyn)

Support CDL and Help Save NYC Libraries

I've posted before about how the PS 199 issue is just one piece of a large effort by the City to sell off public land.  

An organization called Citizens Defending Libraries has been formed to fight the City on the closing and selling of libraries throughout NYC.

Library Protection Week has already brought the issue of the sell off and shrinkage of libraries to thousands of New Yorkers who knew nothing about it.  Come to the big event tomorrow at City Hall Park, where our City Comptroller John Liu will speak, 

Thursday, April 18th

12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. 

Steps of City Hall at Broadway and Chambers Streets, downtown Manhattan. 

Arrive early to get through security.

Meet the Mayoral Candidates this Thursday

Community Free Democrats &
Goddard Riverside Community Center 
presents

MAYORAL CANDIDATES DEBATE

Thursday, April 18th, 8:00 p.m.
Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Ave @ West 88th Street

Hear from the candidates in their own words about their vision for our city and what problems they will tackle on behalf of all New Yorkers.  

Sal Albanese
Bill de Blasio
John Liu
Christine Quinn
Bill Thompson

Moderated by Dr. Ken Sherrill, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hunter College

No RSVP required; the meeting is free and open to all!

Community Education Council Meeting

You you can do so, please attend this meeting.  The proposed plans for PS 199 and PS 191 will be on the agenda.

Overcrowding & Space Utilization Committee

Monday, April 15th at 6pm

Community Educational Council District 3

JOA Room 204, 154 W. 93rd St.

P.S. 199 and 191 are the top agenda

News from the West Side Rag

TONIGHT - APRIL 10TH, A CHANCE TO GRILL SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR DENNIS WALCOTT

Posted on April 1, 2013 at 3:36 pm by West Sider

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott is coming to the Upper West Side on April 10, and the local community education council wants to hear your questions. They’d like to get the questions by April 1, so think fast!

The District 3 Community Education Council is asking District 3 Parents and Guardians to submit their top 5 concerns for District 3 to CEC3@schools.nyc.gov by Monday April 1st in preparation for the Town Hall.

Maybe, just maybe, Walcott will answer all of the myriad questions that the DOE has failed to answer about the plan to demolish PS 199 and PS 191 and replace them with high-rises with schools inside.

Info on the town hall below:

Joint Town Hall Meeting
With Chancellor Dennis Walcott
And the
Community Education Council District 3

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April 10, 2013
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Wadleigh Educational Complex
Auditorium
215 W. 114th St.

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Candidates Roundtable for Seniors

Meet City Council Candidates

Sunday April 7th at 11:30am, Lunch and Live Music

Club 76 - Senior Center

120 W. 76th St, 3rd Floor Ballroom