Day: August 26, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Bijoun Eric Jordan took a gap year abroad after finishing college in 2003, teaching English as a second language in Madrid and Barcelona. It’s an experience he continues to hold onto, and it has shaped his approach at Frederick Douglass Academy […]

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NATIONWIDE— KEEPING STUDENTS NOURISHED is the goal of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who on Tuesday, Aug. 27, will stand at M400 High School for Environmental Studies in Manhattan to advocate for the passage of the Universal School Meals Program Act. If enacted, this bill would provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack to all […]

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CONEY ISLAND/SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN AND MATERNITY HEALTH CARE IN SOUTHERN BROOKLYN will get an overhaul, thanks to $18.5 allocated from Borough President Antonio Reynoso. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, particularly at the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital on Monday, Aug. 26, launched its plan to create a comprehensive women’s health service on its […]

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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — THERE MAY STILL BE some Kindergarten spots available at Albee Square Montessori (P.S. 482), New York City’s only public Montessori school, Brooklyn Bridge Parents reports. The school has enrolled pre-K and Kindergarten students for fall 2024, and will grow one grade per year up to fifth Grade. P.S. 482 comprises six floors […]

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PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS a man following a 25-year-old woman into her Brooklyn building in the vicinity of Ocean and Parkside avenues, near Prospect Park, and then strangling her from behind as she checked her mailbox. Police say the victim began to scream “Stop!” and “Help!” and that is when the attacker […]

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