24 THE COURIER SUN • NOVEMBER 7, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com Co-locations approved for nine boro schools BY MAGGIE HAYES [email protected] Kids, make room. Nine borough school co-locations have been approved and are planned to go into effect by the next school year. For the 2014 to 2015 school year, co-location plans will be executed in Martin Van Buren High School, J.H.S. 226 on Rockaway Boulevard, P.S. 40 in Jamaica, J.H.S. 72 in Jamaica and Long Island City (LIC) High School. A Success Academy Charter School will additionally move in with August Martin High School and Voyages Prep, and another in I.S. 59 Springfi eld Gardens. In the 2015 school year, the Elmhurst Educational Campus will hold fi ve different schools, and the proposed colocation in M.S. 311 will take place in the 2016 school year. The bundle of co-locations was approved at the Panel for Educational Policy’s (PEP) October meeting. “True to form, every single proposal was approved by the spineless puppets appointed by Bloomberg,” said Ken Achiron, a teacher at LIC High School and the school’s United Federation of Teachers (UFT) chapter leader. “Not once did they waiver that the ‘King’ could be wrong.” Even still, the next mayor has the power to reverse the plan, and “there’s a lot of rumbles going on” as to whether that will happen, said Dmytro Fedkowskyj, the PEP Queens rep appointed by the borough president. The initial co-location plans projected fi ve years ahead and claimed they will keep the school buildings just at full capacity. But Fedkowskyj, who voted against the proposals, said “so many things can happen, who’s to say their projections will be right?” A Department of Education spokesperson said “across the city” they have THE COURIER/Photo by Melissa Chan “transformed the landscape with our new school options.” “This will be a new option that will deliver great outcomes for children, and we’re confi dent it will be in very high demand,” said the spokesperson. COMMIT TO BE FIT ONE-ON-ONE PERSONAL TRAINING GROUP CLASSES AVAILABLE ALL AGES. ALL FITNESS LEVELS. ALL ABILITIES. THE FITNESS CONSULTANT Celebrating Our 24th Anniversary! 208-52 Cross Island Pkwy • Bayside 718.352.9075 2011 st www.tfc-gym.com FREE TRAINING SESSION CALL TODAY of the THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place L & M TOURS PROVIDING RELIABLE SERVICE FOR OVER 14 YEARS! CALL FOR A FREE BROCHURE ONE DAY and MULTI-DAY TOURS! Scheduled Bus Trips All Year Round Over 250 tours to choose from: �� Cape May, Philadelphia & Newport �� Penn Dutch Amish Tour �� Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont �� Montreal, Quebec, Niagara Falls, 1000 Islands, Ottawa & Toronto �� Cooperstown, Lake George �� Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard �� Lobster & Crab Feasts �� Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland �� Casinos, Theatres & Shopping �� Sight & Sound Theatres �� Gettysburg, Montauk, Boston ��������������������������������������718-238-2284 6812 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220 I’M WAITING FOR YOU! OPEN EVERY DAY 365 - DAYS! 10AM - 9PM FRI & SAT TIL 10 PM 25 DAVIS AVENUE PORT WASHINGTON, NY NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA HAS OVER 300 LOVING PUPPIES, KITTENS, DOGS & CATS! AnimalLeague.org Like us on 516.883.7575 Home of the Mutt-i-gree® facebook.com/TheAnimalLeague Nine co-locations, all heavily protested, were approved by the city’s Panel for Educational Policy.
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