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Mayor Eric Adams started the new school year on Sept. 4 at the new HBCU Early Prep High School in Jamaica, which opened its door for the first time to more than 100 ninth-graders.
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Mayor Adams cuts ribbon at new HBCU Early Prep High School in Jamaica

By Bill Parry
Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor of New York Public Schools announces expansion of Future Ready NYC programs.
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Future Ready NYC education initiative expanding to more schools with new pathways of opportunity

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DOT expands record number of Open Streets in front of schools with 20 coming to Queens

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams tours a school program dedicated to the success of students with learning disabilities in Brooklyn on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
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Op-Ed | Education that lifts up all of our students

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CM Won announces construction on new Hunters Point South school will begin this fall

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2024-2025 New York City school calendar (and the 2025-2026!)

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School officials travel to Richmond Hill High school to tout CUNY college credit program

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Ridgewood elementary school raffles local business vouchers to fund new theater arts program

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2024-2025 New York City school calendar is out (and so is the 2025-2026!)

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Governor signs legislation making Diwali a public school holiday for New York City students

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Cops say the school bus driver was attempting to make a turn onto 86th Street in Ozone Park, Queens when they fatally struck Maria Rodriguez in the crosswalk.
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Cops cuff school bus driver for fatally striking 73-year-old in Queens

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AM Rozic announces $30K in funding for new STEM lab at Fresh Meadows school

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St. Leo Catholic Academy in Corona celebrates centenary with family BBQ

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Asbestos removal and modernization underway at Bayside’s P.S. 159

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Jackson Heights school marking centenary with new facilities, adult programming and celebratory events

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‘A beacon of enlightenment’: Broad Channel celebrates newly rebuilt P.S. 47 school that had been damaged during Superstorm Sandy

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Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside celebrates opening of new annex with ribbon-cutting ceremony

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Queens students head back to school following summer break

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Logging back on: Nine digital tools for students of all ages going back to school

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Family-owned Astoria bus business in danger of closing after youth vandals cause more than $100,000 in damages

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Teen busted with loaded handgun at South Ozone Park school after classmates alerted staff: DOE

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Queens lawmaker unveils new legislation to reform student MetroCards

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