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During the 1960s and 1970s, Washington Heights' Black and Latino population increased. New York City public schools also faced serious overcrowding problems. Today, the student bodies of the four George Washington schools are overwhelmingly Latino, with a minority Black presence, and less than 5% of students identify as White or Asian. [9]
John J. Pershing Intermediate School 220, is a public middle school located at 4812 Ninth Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded in the 1930s, and was named after World War I general John J. Pershing. IS 220 is a magnet school for science-oriented education. It is divided into three "mini schools": the ...
Operated by the New York City Department of Education, specialized schools offer tuition-free, advanced classes to New York City high school students. Stuyvesant High School was established in 1904 initially as an all-boys school in the East Village of lower Manhattan. Starting in 1934, admission for all applicants was contingent on passing an ...
CUNY SPS campus at 119 W. 31st Street, NYC. In June of 2003, Neil Kleiman, then-director of the Center for an Urban Future, addressed the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York detailing the need for creating the CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS). [1]
The New York City Police Academy is the police academy of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). It is located in College Point, Queens . Within the organization of the New York City Police Department , the Chief of Training oversees the Training Bureau, which includes the Police Academy, the NYPD Cadet Corps , and other units.
The class schedule at the Beacon School is organized in bands, designated by letters A through H. As a Beacon student advances in grade level, they are gradually given more opportunity to choose classes of their choice in the subject area of the band in question, rather than relying on their stream to do the selecting.
New Paltz, New York Tucked into the Shawangunk Mountains, New Paltz is a quaint college town in Ulster County. It has farm-to-table eateries, eclectic shops and a lively music scene .
This is a list of public elementary schools in New York City. They are typically referred to as "PS number" (e.g., "PS 46", that is, "Public School 46"). Many PS numbers are ambiguous, being used by more than one school. The sections correspond to New York City DOE Regions.