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November 21, 2009

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PS/IS 241 Family Academy
240 West 113 Street Manhattan, NY 10026 Phone: (212) 678-2898 Fax: (212) 678-2975 Map	Principal: Diana Diaz Parent Coordinator: Michele Perez (347) 563-5256
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Order now prevails at a school that went through a rough period DOWNSIDE: Academic performance has not yet caught up with improved atmosphere

Grade levels: PK to 8
Class size: K, 25; 8, 32
Enrollment: 301
Ethnicity %:
2 W; 80 B; 16 H; 1 A

Reading scores:

Math scores:

District 3

Admissions: Neighborhood school
Neighborhood: Harlem
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Once PS 241 was known as the Family Academy, supported by a not-for-profit foundation that raised enough money to offer classes until 5 p.m., a summer school, a health clinic, and a team of social workers. The Friends of Family Academy developed a carefully structured curriculum with an emphasis on phonics. When that curriculum was supplanted by the one that the chancellor mandated for most schools in 2003 (and that took a more progressive approach to teaching reading) the foundation pulled out, and with that support went the extras.

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(other) Mar 4, 2009	"I used to be a student at Family Academy; that was until the school started to change for the worse. After the devastation of September 11, my parents decided to take me out of the school and... read more
Jan 23, 2007	For the 2006-07 school year, PS 241 is newly designated by the State... read more
Oct 17, 2006	Daniel Felder, Senior Friend and Resource and Community Liaison from the community organization Friends of the Children NY, which has partnered with PS 241 since 2001, writes: "We are an early... read more

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