By Gus Saltonstall

The New York City Department of Education has withdrawn multiple controversial proposals to close or relocate three schools on the Upper West Side for the start of the next school year, a spokesperson from the DOE confirmed to West Side Rag on Monday morning, The change was first reported by Chalkbeat. LINK: DOE Pulls Plan to Close and Relocate UWS Schools

By Gale A. Brewer

For someone who spends as much time as I do inside New York’s public schools, there may be nothing more uplifting than walking into a children’s arts class. There’s an energy in those rooms — messy, focused, and alive — as students mix paint colors, shape clay, and debate whether a line should be thicker or thinner.

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