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It’s easy to track packages from Amazon and other places, so why not track something a little more important to democracy — your ballot. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/2/22

Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City public schools will reopen as planned on Jan. 3. But there will be greater protocols in place to protect against the surge of the omicron variant.

NYC public schools will re-open Jan. 3, as planned

Even with the omicron variant continuing to spread and administrations about to change, students who attend New York City public schools should still plan to return back to physical campus come Monday. more

STAFF REPORT | 12/28/21

Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is sending 2 million COVID-19 tests to New York City public schools, which could make many of them available just after the winter break as omicron variant cases rise.

Million COVID-19 test kits heading to New York City schools

In a rather unorthodox sense of the word, gifts are coming — not from a jolly man in a red suit and reindeer-pulled sleigh, but from Albany. More specifically, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 12/28/21

After years of speculation and advocacy, the city’s education department is poised to build a public school on the former site of Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary near Van Cortlandt Park. However, those who wanted a middle school there might be disappointed — school officials are eying the site for an elementary school.

City taps Visitation site for school and housing

It’s been five years since the parochial school at Visitation closed its doors for good. But soon, there may be a new crop of children running around after the bell rings. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 12/21/21

Meisha Porter will depart as New York City's schools chancellor at the end of the month after just nine months in office. That will allow Eric Adams to pick his own public schools leader when he takes over as Mayor in a few weeks.

Meisha Porter will depart schools chancellor role when de Blasio leaves

It's hasn't been quite a year, no less an academic year. But New York City will have to say good-bye yet again to a schools chancellor. Except Meisha Porter was one working in City Hall with deep Bronx roots. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN & MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/1/21

Academy celebrates families at rooftop garden

SAR Academy invited families to come out and enjoy the fall weather on what was described as a perfect Sunday afternoon at Gan Ilan — SAR’s “magical” rooftop garden. more

11/28/21

Many students and even some members of the staff prefer to start their busy school days inside of P.S. 207’s Zen room, which opened at the school this past summer. Caitlin Cepeda leads her fourth-grade class in an exercise to calm their mind inside the Zen room.

Kids taught yoga, mindfulness, meditation as part of new P.S. 207

It’s like nap time, but in a more awakened sense of the word. At P.S. 207 in Kingsbridge, students as young as kindergarteners now have a period blocked out on their schedules for dimmed lights, downward-facing dogs and drawing on “kindness rocks.” more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 11/14/21

Getting back to class might soon mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for students if a law making inoculation a requirement passes the state legislature. Schools already are encourage physical distancing and masks for in-person activities.

Pencils, notebooks, now COVID vaccine?

The leaves are changing color, and with that we change seasons. That typically signifies new beginnings, but even with coronavirus infection rates falling across the city, there are still fears another surge could be on the horizon. more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 11/8/21

New York City likes its speed cameras, so much so city officials are pushing lawmakers in Albany to keep those cameras — like this one at West 238th Street and Riverdale Avenue — operating not just during class time in hundreds of school zones, but all day and all night.

Living, working in city filled with speed cameras that never sleep?

Technology is a tool many use to better their lives. But what happens when even those god-like powers of the digital age reveal blind spots? more

By SARAH BELLE LIN | 10/31/21

Pfizer could make schools safer

Charter schools in the Bronx have something to be excited about: Pfizer is nearing emergency authorization to make coronavirus vaccine shots available to children between 5 and 11. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 10/17/21

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