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Sixth grade to remain at PS 159 now

By John Tozzi

The city Department of Education has backed off for at least a year from a plan to move the sixth grade from PS 159 in Bayside across district lines to nearby IS 25 after the proposal was met with widespread opposition from parents an
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P.S. 247, P.S. 314 to Retain Acting Principals

It’s official!

The interim acting principals of two local elementary schools will be staying put.

The city Department of Education announced the decision to make the administrators’ positions permanent at a meeting of District 20
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Would you like to be a victim?

Case in point: a demonstration last week chastising the Department of Education for scheduling citywide tests on an important Islamic holy day. Standing outside the Dar Al-Dawah Mosque in Astoria, Councilman Hiram Monserrate (D-Corona) told a crowd of ab

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