PS 154 in Windsor Terrace officially became the first school in New York City to ban styrofoam lunch trays and replace them with environmentally friendly trays made from sugar fiber. Council Member Bill de Blasio appeared at a press event this morning with parents and students to make the announcement. City school currently use 850,000 […]
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PM Update: Windsor Terrace School Tosses Styrofoam Trays
March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on PM Update: Windsor Terrace School Tosses Styrofoam Trays
Tags: Education · Environment · Windsor Terrace
Windsor Terrace School Dumping Styrofoam Trays
March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Windsor Terrace School Dumping Styrofoam Trays
PS 154 in Windsor Terrace is becoming the first school in New York City to jettison styrofoam trays and Council Member Bill de Blasio is holding a press event at the school today with students and parents. The trays are being replaced with ones made from sugar cane fiber. Per an email: The new environmentally […]
Tags: Education · Environment · Windsor Terrace
Windsor Terrace Alliance Protesting School Cuts
March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Windsor Terrace Alliance Protesting School Cuts
A lot of Brooklyn neighborhood activists are up in arms over proposed school budget cuts. We got an email last night from Lauren Collins at the Windsor Terrace Alliance directing our attention to a page they’ve posted with some sample letters protesting the budget cuts and contact information. She writes: Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are rallying […]
Tags: Education · Windsor Terrace
Upcoming Reminder: School Budget Cuts Forum Tomorrow
March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming Reminder: School Budget Cuts Forum Tomorrow
As we’ve previously noted, there will be a forum tomorrow night (3/13) on Dept. of Education Budget cuts. A group called Friends of Bill de Blasio has sent out another big email blast today about the session to “bring together members of the community to strategize about stopping the Department Of Education (DOE) school budget […]
Upcoming: Meeting on Fighting School Budget Cuts
March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
There’s a meeting coming up this week “to strategize about stopping the Department of Education (DOE) school budget cuts.” It’s on Thursday (3/13) and we got an email about it from “Friends of Bill de Blasio.” Here’s a bit from the email: I want to inform you about a meeting we are organizing on March […]
Upcoming: Meeting on School Budget Cuts
February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Meeting on School Budget Cuts
There’s a meeting coming up at Borough Hall on Wednesday (2/13) that’s bill as an “informational and strategizing session on fighting back the school budget cuts.” Council Member Bill de Blasio is one of the sponsors. The session will take place from 6:30PM-8:00PM in the Borough Hall Hearing Room. The location is 209 Joaralemon Street […]
