Arts and Letters may be merging

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Arts and Letters may be merging

By Joyce Szuflita
There are many unanswered questions, but finally the rumors about where Arts & Letters is probably relocating can be answered! They are likely moving and merging with PS 305. I have lots of questions about how prospective families will be considered, like, will it now be an exclusively zoned school rather than non zoned? Will it be some kind of hybrid? Will there be additional seats for K or MS? Inquiring minds want to know! I think this sounds like a great solution. A merge helps A&L find a new permanent home and it help bring thoughtful attention and popular muscle to 305, a local school that is drastically under-enrolled. It also helps PS 20 where A&L was formerly co-located. They now have room to come into their own.
Here is the parent blast from the Principals involved about it:

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Manhattan HS Fair 2019

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Manhattan HS Fair 2019

By Joyce Szuflita
Got to the Fair at about 10:30, and breezed right into the gym. It was pretty civilized. Relatively easy access. Not wildly noisy. It was hot, but thanks to the fan that I got at Stephen T. Mather, I stayed cool (and learned all about their craftsmanship and historical preservation program)! Many of the schools that I was looking for attended -although there are always some that don’t make it- which sucks. I was happily surprised that many of the schools that I talked to had start times around 8:45!

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My grandmother's stone house in Ulster Co. is for sale

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By Joyce Szuflita
This is blog is not about education. This is a personal message that is all tied up with memory and family. The house that my mother and grandmother were born in (which we do not own anymore), has been for sale for quite a while and I am hoping that someone who will care for it will buy it. It is a 300 year old Dutch stone house close to Kingston (closer to Stone Ridge and Hurley) on land with a creek and a small pretty waterfall. The price is very low for a house of this quality because the sale is complicated and the house needs work. We don’t want the bank to take it or for it to stand unoccupied and degraded. There was a lot of love there.

The listing is here.
Update 2023: it sold.