Coronavirus Detected At 4 Park Slope Schools As Classes Resume

One of the schools is under a 24-hour closure while the other three will stay open because the person did not expose the school community.

More Than 1,700 District 15 Students Identified As Homeless: Data

Scores of public school students in the Park Slope district had no place to call home during the last academic year, according to a report.

Coronavirus Cases Close Park Slope School Amid Remote Learning

The Department of Education is still shutting down school buildings linked to multiple coronavirus cases even as students stay home.

Brooklyn And Queens Catholic Schools To Stay Open Thursday

The Brooklyn Diocese private schools will stay open despite an in-person shut down at public schools due to the coronavirus, officials said.

Coronavirus Closes Another District 15 School Building: DOE

The building closed after cases at Boerum Hill School for International Studies and Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School.

Coronavirus Cases Close John Jay Seventh Avenue Campus: DOE

The John Jay Educational Campus was closed Friday after multiple coronavirus cases at its Seventh Avenue schools, according to the DOE.

Coronavirus Cases Close South Slope School Building: DOE

P.S. 10 on Seventh Avenue was closed Monday after multiple coronavirus cases were reported over the weekend, according to the DOE.

John Jay Campus, 3 Other Park Slope Schools Hit With Coronavirus

Classrooms were closed at three Park Slope public schools in the last week due to COVID-19 cases, according to the Department of Education.

3 More District 15 Schools Hit With Coronavirus: DOE

A pre-K center and two schools in Brooklyn's District 15 reported coronavirus cases over the weekend, according to education officials.

Coronavirus Closes Brooklyn School, Cases Found At 12 Others

PS 811 is temporarily closed after two people tested positive for COVID-19. It is among 13 schools that reported new cases in the borough.

3 Brooklyn Schools Named National Blue Ribbon Winners

Three schools in Brooklyn earned spots on the the U.S. Department of Education​'s latest list of National Blue Ribbon Schools.

Nearly Half Of District 15 Students Opt For All-Remote Learning

40 percent of students in the Park Slope district had opted to learn virtually as of Friday, according to the Department of Education.

Tech Exec Accused Of Scamming BK Diocese Schools Pleads Guilty

The head of an NYC tech company accused of stealing $426,000 earmarked for 26 Brooklyn Diocese schools pleaded guilty to wirefraud Monday.

Park Slope Student Creates Outlet For NYC's Young 'Artivists'

Project Kaleidoscope, already featuring submissions spanning two boroughs, uses student art as a platform for social justice conversations.

Survey Asks Parents To Weigh In On Brooklyn Elementary Rezoning

District 15 will use a new survey to plan for a rezoning of seven of its elementary schools, which is set to happen next year.

2 Brooklyn Teachers Test Positive For COVID-19 Amid School Prep

At least two staff, one at the Park Slope Education Compex, have tested positive as teachers begin in-person preparations to reopen.

Half Of Park Slope Schools Have Ventilation Problems: Report

As NYC prepares to reopen schools during the pandemic, reports show at least 10 of Park Slope's 17 schools have ventilation issues.

Brooklyn Uptick Is Latest Reason To Delay Reopening, School Says

A Sunset Park school is calling for a delay on in-person class after a case spike put the neighborhood above the city's reopening threshold.

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Brooklyn Principals 'Gravely Concerned' About School Reopening

34 principals from District 15 — which stretches from Carroll Gardens to Sunset Park — are among those asking for a delay on reopening.

'When Will We Know?': BK Parents Search For School Year Plans

Anxious parents say they still don't have enough information to decide by Aug. 7 whether to send their kids for in-person classes this fall.

Brooklyn Parents Invited To Join Back-To-School Discussion

A virtual town hall on Thursday hosted by Community Board 6 will let parents ask DOE officials about plans to head back to school this fall.

Safety First When Schools Reopen After Coronavirus, Letter Urges

Widespread virus testing and instant temperature checks should be in place before schools open back up, argued Brooklyn's Community Board 6.

Park Slope School Stays Open Despite Parent's Coronavirus Case

Anxious families and PTA officials called on DOE to close P.S. 107 after students' parent tested positive for COVID-19.

New Pre-K Building Coming To Park Slope, Gowanus

A new three-story building on Ninth Street will house a pre-kindergarten for Park Slope and Gowanus kids starting in 2021, officials said.

Eliminate NYC School Dress Code Bias, Says Park Slope Councilman

Councilman Brad Lander on Thursday announced measures calling for inclusive NYC schools dress codes over concerns of gender bias.

Park Slope School Gains Dyslexia Screenings

New York state Assemblyman Robert Carroll, who has dyslexia, pushed for the early screening programs.

Park Slope Teacher Tells First-Graders Santa Isn't Real: Report

A substitute teacher was booted from a class after enraged parents said he told kids Santa and the Tooth Fairy aren't real, News12 reports.

Math Snafu Shows Park Slope School Raised $76M

It's a lesson in how important correct placement of decimal points is.

Brooklyn School Diversity Plan Is Working, New Data Shows

Enrollment numbers for the first sixth-grade class since District 15 changed its admissions show that the plan did improve diversity.

South Slope Charter Is One Of The City's 8 Blue Ribbon Winners

Only three Brooklyn schools and eight across NYC got the coveted honor. See which South Slope charter made the list.

Park Slope Elementary Will Have Its Own March For Climate Strike

Students from P.S. 321 will march on Seventh Avenue on Friday morning in support of the youth-led "Climate Strike" in Manhattan.

BK School Rezone Could Let Parents Choose An Elementary School

The DOE has suggested changing up zoning lines in part of District 15 or getting rid of the zones and letting families choose a school.

Park Slope Middle School Teacher Wins $20K From Nonprofit

The M.S. 88 teacher was one of two educators that was given an award for professional influence in education from Math for America.

Park Slope High Schools Get $500K From BP For School Safety

The participatory budgeting money, which also went to a Crown Heights school, is the first in the country to be focused on safety projects.

Brooklyn District To Challenge State's List Of Struggling Schools

District 15 will consider joining an effort to show NY state that their list of "improvement schools" are more than their test scores.

BK District Requests Charter School Pause, Despite Charter Outcry

All but two of the 20 parents and administrators who spoke Tuesday were against the resolution, which asks for no new charters in five years

BK District's Proposed Pause On Charter Schools Gets Vote Tuesday

Parents can weigh in on District 15's proposal to stop new charter schools from opening in NY in the next five years before a council vote.

Mayor's Plan For Elite Schools Hinders Park Slope Kids: Parents

All 21 parents who spoke at a meeting in Park Slope had a problem with the mayor's plan to diversify the city's specialized high schools.

Brooklynites To Discuss Mayor's Elite High School Diversity Plan

A meeting in Park Slope on Wednesday will let the public weigh in on De Blasio's controversial plan to diversify the city's top high schools