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Staten Island families sorely tested by process of kindergarten placement
Staten Island School of Civic LeadershipRigorous ritual leads to seat in a classroom like this. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Parents across the borough are lying awake nights wondering where their sons or...
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Memo to Staten Island students: City has no plans to change cell phone ban
NYC Department of Education rejects proposal to soften policy of confiscating devices carried into schools The Department of Education believes the cell phone ban prevents disruption in classroom...
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Admissions process for city pre-kindergarten programs is launched
Families can submit the application either online or in person at a borough enrollment office Staten Island Advance photoSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city has opened the process for pre-kindergarten...
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Alleged webcam spy in Rutgers suicide case tried to cover his electronic...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- At least one more detective is expected to be called to testify in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate...
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Lawsuit filed against Staten Island parochial school, teacher over...
Criminal case against Notre Dame Academy science teacher Danielle Johnsen still pending Watch video Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinDanielle Johnsen is led into Stapleton Criminal Court after...
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NYC school stakeholders can voice their opinions in survey
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York City public schools is turning to its stakeholders for feedback in the Sixth Annual School Survey. "We place a lot of value on the feedback from school communities, so...
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Why did Celtic Woman visit P.S. 22? Find out! Watch video Multiplatinum singing phenomenon Celtic Woman took time out from their own concert schedule last week to check out another singing sensation...
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Workshop March 28 for parents of pre-kindergarten students
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A workshop is scheduled for parents with children in pre-kindergarten, to help make starting kindergarten a little easier. The Department of Education Office of Early Childhood...
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Borough president issues challenge to young Staten Island readers
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Wondering about America's future leaders? Look no further than the borough's fourth graders. To keep them up to snuff, Borough President James Molinaro once again is issuing his...
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Young Sagans shine at Staten Island Catholic Schools Science Fair
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Everybody knows it's windy. But leave it to 13-year-old Joseph Landi to know how many blades the wind turbines proposed for the former Fresh Kills landfill should sprout. "Three...
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Bid to stop making teacher ratings public splits Staten Island politicans
Union's hand seen in move by Silver to keep the evaluations private Associated Press PhotoAssembly Speaker Sheldon SilverSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island lawmakers were split over a reported...
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50 words banned from NYC school tests
See the complete list; POLL: Do you agree with the ban? STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You've heard of banned books? Get ready for banned words.View full sizeStaten Island Advance / Anthony DePrimoSchools...
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SILive.com readers react: List of 50 banned words is 'ridiculous'
1,500 readers speak loud and clear in SILive.com poll: 97 percent say 'This makes no sense to me.' STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- SILive.com readers can't figure it out. Why would the city seek to ban 50...
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Yellow-bus bill passes Legislature, raising prospect of service restoration...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Staten Island's seventh- and eighth-grade students could be climbing back onto yellow school buses, thanks to a bill awaiting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature. "This is not a...
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$70 million dorm project marks new era at College of Staten Island
The two-building complex will house 454 students when it opens in the fall of 2013 Watch video STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The College of Staten Island entered a new era today, with the school breaking...
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Killer cuts for Staten Island after-school programs
Services will be decimated by a planned 30 percent reduction in funding STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After-school programs that keep youngsters off the streets and in classrooms -- many in Staten Island...
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Director of charter school planned for Staten Island promises stellar...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The director of the proposed Staten Island Green Charter School for Environmental Discovery said her school would aim to top the borough in literacy rates, promising 85 percent...
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New York City drops its word ban for makers of tests for school students
In place of 50 notorious words, now just two from the Dept. of Education: Forget it Staten Island Advance photoIn a scathing press release last week, South Shore Republican Assemblyman Lou Tobacco...
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City to restore yellow bus service to Staten Island 7th-, 8th-graders
After 2 years of protests and court battles, transportation to resume in September Watch video STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At the start of the school year, the fight for yellow bus service might have...
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New Staten Island school - PS 71 - will be pre-K through 8th grade
NYC Department of Education agrees with community requests to include both grade school and middle school classes at facility being built in Concord Staten Island Advance/Hilton FloresThe new PS 71 in...
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