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P.S. 8’s Ratings Roller Coaster Continues: From “F” to “A” to “C”

The Progress Reports issued by the City Department of Education for the past three years have given P.S. 8 very different ratings over that period. For the 2007-08 year, the school received an “F”, to the consternation of many local parents. However, the report for the 2008-09 year, released a year ago, gave it an […]

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    Photo by M. Hermann/BHB; inset courtesy of the Toulouse family

Remembering Zander at P.S. 29

The NY Daily News reports today on how teachers and students at P.S. 29 are coping with the death of student Alexander (Zander) Toulouse.  Zander, 8, was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal Service truck while biking with his father along Livingston Street on September 6.

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