State Senator Liz Krueger
Standing Up And Speaking Out
Victory for New Middle School on Upper East Side:
This month we’ve won a huge victory for the children of the Upper East Side – the NYC Department of Education has agreed to open a new middle school in September 2014, at P.S. 158’s annex on York Avenue.
This victory belongs first and foremost to the parents and community members who were tireless in their advocacy, clearly making the case that the East Side needed more middle school seats and working together to present a united front that the Department of Education could not – and ultimately did not – ignore.
I’m thrilled to have helped with this successful campaign, and am already looking forward to 2014, when we can open the doors on this new school together, giving more of the East Side’s students the chance to go to school in their own community.