All children in New York City aged 3 or 4 are eligible for 3-K and Pre-K, regardless of immigration status. The application period opened on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and closes Feb. 28, 2025.
Child advocates worry that the city’s school system does not efficiently track migrant students, including those who’ve been living at the tent shelter complex in East Brooklyn that’s closing this week.
“Proposals in Congress and public comments from the incoming administration give us every reason to fear that federal leaders will target programs that fight hunger for cuts.”
“To achieve an equitable school system, we must unite and build a coalition stronger than those who would seek to frighten and silence us. More parents must step up to run for the community board to create a multitude of voices and perspectives.”
A record-high 146,733 students were living in the shelter system, doubled up, or staying in hotels, motels, or unsheltered, a new report finds. In some school districts, as many as one in five experienced homelessness.
“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”
Councilmember Joseph answered questions from CLARIFY student reporters about her priorities for the school system, DOE leadership, addressing the homelessness crisis facing over 100,000 students, school lunches, cell phone bans, and more.
Legal problems have plagued the city’s massive school foods system, but still haven’t derailed a decades-long local campaign to use New York City cafeterias to fight hunger, improve nutrition, reduce social inequality and support learning.
As of Aug. 18, the city had issued 60-day deadlines to 12,689 families with children, including 18,348 children under 18, officials said. Critics say frequent shelter moves are disruptive to kids’ ability to learn.
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