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El Batanouny, Sarah (02940)
Jan 25, 2010, 7:52:57 PM1/25/10
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some good news:
plese See this letter that just came out...and clear your calendars for Wednesday -
Dear Neighbor:
Thank you for sending me your comments regarding the zoning of our four Lower Manhattan elementary schools. After last year’s lottery left parents in limbo as to where their children would attend school, I, along with my School Overcrowding Task Force, urged the Department of Education (DOE) to develop an enrollment plan so that parents would know early on where their child would be registered for Kindergarten. I have carefully reviewed the DOE’s zoning proposals and I am pleased to join you and other parents in our community in urging the District 2 CEC to adopt zoning Option 3R at its meeting on January 27, 2010.
As you know, I fought hard to get our two new schools built and open to educate the children in our fast growing Lower Manhattan community.
Building strong and thriving communities around local schools is a quality-of-life formula that works. We need look no further than PS 234 which, once built, helped to attract families to Tribeca and all of Lower Manhattan. Like PS 89 and PS 234, I sincerely believe that the Spruce Street School and PS 276 will very quickly establish themselves as top notch schools that will help make our community even stronger.
In addition, I share the concern of many parents about their children’s ability to cross West Street safely. On January 14th, I hosted a meeting in my office with a variety of government agencies along with local residents and business owners where I made a series of recommendations for improving traffic safety on West Street. I proposed the placement of additional pedestrian safety officers and school crossing guards at key intersections as well as construction of a new pedestrian bridge at West Thames Street for PS 276. I also demanded a far better system to ensure that the elevators on these bridges remain operational. Regardless of which zoning option is selected for our schools, I will continue to press to improve pedestrian safety on West Street.
Be assured that I intend to contact the CEC and DOE and strongly recommend that Option 3R be adopted for our four local schools.. Thank you for the opportunity to share my strong support for Option 3R. It is my hope that our collective efforts will be a success for the children of our community.
Very Truly Yours,
SHELDON SILVER
Member of Assembl
Thank you for sending me your comments regarding the zoning of our four Lower Manhattan elementary schools. After last year’s lottery left parents in limbo as to where their children would attend school, I, along with my School Overcrowding Task Force, urged the Department of Education (DOE) to develop an enrollment plan so that parents would know early on where their child would be registered for Kindergarten. I have carefully reviewed the DOE’s zoning proposals and I am pleased to join you and other parents in our community in urging the District 2 CEC to adopt zoning Option 3R at its meeting on January 27, 2010.
As you know, I fought hard to get our two new schools built and open to educate the children in our fast growing Lower Manhattan community.
Building strong and thriving communities around local schools is a quality-of-life formula that works. We need look no further than PS 234 which, once built, helped to attract families to Tribeca and all of Lower Manhattan. Like PS 89 and PS 234, I sincerely believe that the Spruce Street School and PS 276 will very quickly establish themselves as top notch schools that will help make our community even stronger.
In addition, I share the concern of many parents about their children’s ability to cross West Street safely. On January 14th, I hosted a meeting in my office with a variety of government agencies along with local residents and business owners where I made a series of recommendations for improving traffic safety on West Street. I proposed the placement of additional pedestrian safety officers and school crossing guards at key intersections as well as construction of a new pedestrian bridge at West Thames Street for PS 276. I also demanded a far better system to ensure that the elevators on these bridges remain operational. Regardless of which zoning option is selected for our schools, I will continue to press to improve pedestrian safety on West Street.
Be assured that I intend to contact the CEC and DOE and strongly recommend that Option 3R be adopted for our four local schools.. Thank you for the opportunity to share my strong support for Option 3R. It is my hope that our collective efforts will be a success for the children of our community.
Very Truly Yours,
SHELDON SILVER
Member of Assembl
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