District 2 CEC approves DOE rezoning plan
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In a 6-4 decision, the District 2 Community Education Council approved the Department of Education’s “Option 2″ proposal for temporarily rezoning Lower Manhattan’s school boundaries.
Under the plan, Tribeca students living west of Church Street. will be zoned for the highly-regarded, but becoming-over-crowded, PS 234. PS 89, originally the zoned school for Battery Park City students, will now be zoned for students living north of Battery Park City and Gateway Plaza.
The decision also defined the zoning boundaries for Lower Manhattan’s two new public schools — PS/IS 397 Spruce Street School and PS/IS 276 — which the rapidly-growing community hopes will alleviate overcrowding while maintaining the strong reputation of its current schools. (more…)
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