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Outside of P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen at dismissal on Sept. 12 several days after the first day of school, nothing has changed from previous years or perhaps gotten worse. Double-parked cars are stationed on bike lanes preventing a safe ride for cyclists. This comes after the newly paved redesign project proposed by the DOT less than a year ago.

Riverdale Avenue lane narrowing’s final act

Greater Riverdale will see two traveling lanes for the next year or so on Riverdale Avenue. more

By Stacy Driks | 9/23/22

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilman Eric Dinowitz, and community board 8 chair Laura Spalter respond to the completion of the Riverdale Avenue lane narrowing project completed by The Department of Transportation just before school began.

Life expected to go on as Riverdale Ave narrows

Not to be an “I-told-you-so,” but Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was. “I hate to say it, but I told you so.” That was the Assemblyman’s comment made during a video he made during dismissal about the “dangerous” northbound and southbound traffic at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen on the first day of school Sept. 8. more

By Stacy Driks | 9/16/22

Public school students began the first day of school on Sept. 8, despite the quarrel between schools and the city administration. P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen is one of the schools in the northwest Bronx that are affected by the school budget cut of more than $400 million. The school is losing less than 10 percent of its base level funding.

School starts, even as officials battle over budget to fund them

Balloons and signs were strung up on around P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen last Thursday for a warm welcome as students walked through the front doors to mark the new school year. more

By Stacy Driks | 9/16/22

A pedestrian walks past the shuttered Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary that sits across from Van Cortlandt Park.

Visitation school plan is speeding ahead

For five years, the padlocked church and parochial school at 160 Van Cortlandt Park has remained vacant, succumbing slowly to Mother Nature. It was one of 18 Catholic churches the New York Archdiocese deconsecrated in a single day in 2017, paving the way to sell or redevelop the properties, though it appeared not to be in a hurry to do so. more

By Abigail Nehring | 9/16/22

P.S. 81 on Riverdale Avenue is going through a budget crisis, losing nearly 10 percent of its base level funding, or just under $840,000, or more than $1,100 per student. That leaves the school with $7.5 million — or a little more than $10,000 per student — for the new academic year. That could lead to bigger class sizes and the loss of some teachers.

Budget cuts start first day of public school classes Sept. 8

New York City public school students can officially say goodbye to some teachers starting Sept. 8 as a court date hearing for an appeal to last summer’s schools budget cut has been pushed back to the end of the month. more

By Stacy Driks | 9/2/22

Teens for Food Justice, a Department of Education partner are on DeWitt Clinton High School grounds where they grow their own green vegetables on a farm located on the third floor of the building. It is hydroponic, a more advanced way to farm economically.

Clinton teaches teens about going hungry at home

On the DeWitt Clinton high school lives a new, large farm that can grow 10,000 pounds of produce a year. It is an example of the farming of the future called hydroponics, more

By Stacy Driks | 8/26/22

Anny Chen is a rising senior at Bronx High School of Science and is now a Freedom and Citizenship student at Columbia University. For the past few weeks during summer break she has focused heavily on its rigorous program to prepare her for college and open the doors for civic life.

Summer program pushes Anny Chen for civic life

Anny Chen, a rising high school senior, got a taste of college and a life lesson in a three-week session last month at Columbia University. more

By Stacy Driks | 8/12/22

Everyone was all smiles when Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, New York City Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan, and members of the City Council announce an agreement for an early and balanced city budget for fiscal year 2023 on June 10.

Judge helps city schools catch a break on education budget

The city council and Mayor Eric Adams will have to revisit the 2023 academic year budget after a New York state supreme court judge Friday returned the education portion of the city’s budget for reconsideration. To prolong matters more, the mayor is set to appeal the decision. more

By Stacy Driks | 8/12/22

City schools may have caught a break

The city council and Mayor Eric Adams will have to revisit the 2023 school year budget after a New York state supreme court judge Friday returned the education portion of the city’s budget for reconsideration. more

By Stacy Driks and Gary Larkin | 8/6/22

Parents and teachers took a stand in front of city hall in June to protest the decision to cut $215 million from the school budget. They believe it could result in larger classes, fewer programs, and a teacher excess. Among them were Emma Hoff, far left, a student at P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil.

School board appeals judge’s budget cut restraining order

With the first day of school only weeks away, the status of class sizes, how many teachers will be working, and which extracurricular activities will be kept are still up in the air in the city’s public schools. more

By Stacy Driks | 8/5/22

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