Kindergarten

Parents Upset After ‘God Bless The USA’ Taken Out Of Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony At Coney Island School

The song that was initially said to be taken its place was “Baby” by teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber. However, at a Monday afternoon news conference with the mayor and schools chancellor, it was learned that won’t be the case.

2012/06/11

Cash-Strapped Rockland County School District Close To Eliminating Kindergarten

This Rockland County district has kindergarten on the chopping block because its budget was rejected by voters, an apparent push-back from a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents who school their children elsewhere and feel overtaxed.

2012/05/21

Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick (file / credit: City of Yonkers)

Yonkers City Council Calls For Wage Freeze

To save about 700 jobs in the city, the Yonkers City Council voted to have an across-the-board wage freeze.

2011/06/09

Parents line up outside Ann Street School in Newark (credit: CBS 2)

Parents Vie For Coveted Kindergarten Slot At Newark’s Ann Street School

There were well over 100 people on line, cordial but keenly aware they were competing to enroll their children in what is perceived to be the best kindergarten program in the neighborhood.

2011/04/27

Some Parents Cheat To Get Their Kids Into Popular B’Klyn School

According to PTA officials, desperate parents from other neighborhoods have tried to use someone else’s Park Slope address to get their children into P.S. 107.

2011/03/31

Higher Math Standard Planned For NY Kindergartens

The state Board of Regents has approved changes in the statewide curriculum and testing to enforce the requirements, which include the higher standard for math in kindergarten and first grade.

2011/01/12

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