West Side Montessori Buys Its UWS Campus for $11.4 Million
In 2024, the West Side Montessori School committed to three decades at the base of the Dahlia, a 20-story condominium on West 95th Street that had been open four years … Read More...
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A Famous Upper West Side High School Just Dropped More Than 160 Spots In The State Rankings
U.S. News & World Report published its annual Best High Schools rankings on Tuesday, and a school that sits a block from Lincoln Center and turns out working actors, musicians … Read More...
John Jay College Bookkeeper Indicted for Allegedly Stealing $710K in Student Stipends
A longtime employee of John Jay College of Criminal Justice has been indicted on charges she stole roughly $710,000 from the school over more than Read More...
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After a Bidding War, the Fate of a Shuttered UWS School Building Is All But Sealed
The drawn-out question of who would take over one of the Upper West Side’s most coveted institutional properties finally has an answer — and the Read More...
Allegations against Kamar Samuels highlight widespread dysfunction in NYC’s school contract system
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Probe of Upper West Side Teacher With Sexual Misconduct Past Exposes Improper Contracts Signed by Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels: REPORT
A complaint about a teacher working in two Upper West Side schools touched off an investigation that revealed improper DOE contracts signed by Kamar Samuels Read More...
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A Neighboring UWS Private School Has Offered $20 Million for Manhattan Country School’s Bankrupt Building
The six-story schoolhouse on West 85th Street that once held Manhattan Country School has drawn a potential buyer — another Upper West Side private school, Read More...
NYC pulls contentious proposals to open AI-themed high school, close Upper West Side middle schools
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NYC Reverses Plan to Close Upper West Side Middle School in Wake of Racist Remarks at District 3 Meeting
In the letter, Samuels cited two reasons for the reversal. Read More...
Hunter College Professor Placed on Leave After Making Racist Remarks During District 3 School Meeting
The college said the move is pending the outcome of an investigation. Read More...
