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$3 Million Allocated to Julia Richman Education Complex

Mike Mishkin February 9, 2023 Politics No Comments

Council Member Julie Menin and Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams have announced that $3 million in Council funding has been allocated to renovate the pool Read More...

Former Employee of UES School Sues For Sexual Harassment, Unsanitary Conditions, More

Mike Mishkin January 25, 2023 Odds and Ends No Comments

A former marketing and PR person at the Upper East Side iBRAIN (International Institute for the Brain) recently filed a lawsuit against the school for Read More...

Man Who Stole From Kid’s PTA Faces Sentencing

Mike Mishkin January 19, 2023 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

Marc Haynes, a former PTA treasurer at the Upper East Side’s P.S. 267, has admitted to stealing $185,717.53 from the school’s funds. According to the Read More...

New Child Care Center Opening on East 68th Street

Mike Mishkin December 17, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Vivvi, a day care and early childhood center with five NYC locations, will be opening its sixth on the ground floor of 254 East 68th Read More...

Massive UES Garage Will Be Converted Into Pre-K Center 

Spencer Cain December 6, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

The kids are alright! Faced with an overwhelming shortage of neighborhood pre-K programs, the 30,000-square-foot center will hold up to ten classrooms, servicing the 10065 Read More...

Students at P.S. 290 Will No Longer Need to Play in the Street

E.L. Danvers June 16, 2022 Odds and Ends 2 Comments

Necessity is the mother of invention. For one Upper East Side school, a rooftop play area was born from it. Read More...

Spence Student Accused of Racism in 2018; Parents Legal Pushback Recently Revived by Courts

E.L. Danvers May 9, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

A 15-year-old student at the Spence School was made to stay home for a half-day of “reflection” in November 2018 after she suggested dressing up Read More...

Upper East Side Students Forced to Take Recess in Street

Reanna Armellino March 28, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Manhattan New School (PS 290) on the Upper East Side is an elementary school “…committed to promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where all Read More...

Upper East Side Parent, Treasurer Steals Six-Figure Sum from PTA

Reanna Armellino March 23, 2022 NYPD + FDNY No Comments

East Side Elementary School (PS 267) is a place “…where observation and imagination are celebrated and where the question “why” is welcomed and encouraged.” US News Read More...

Private Upper East Side Schools Accept State Funds to Pay Teachers

E.L. Danvers January 31, 2022 Odds and Ends No Comments

Some of New York City’s most expensive private schools aroused the ire of their public counterparts after the New York Daily News revealed that they Read More...