Proposed School Zoning Makes Unhappy Neighbors

2009_11_bemnt.jpg Oh, my: The city's new school zoning may split residents of the same Tribeca building into different schools. Of course, the building is already split with two addresses and lobbies—101 Warren for the luxury condos, 89 Murray for the rentals and affordable housing units—and the luxury condo owners' kids would go to acclaimed P.S. 234 just two blocks away while the other children would need to schlep across City Hall to Beekman Tower. The Downtown Express reports that one 89 Murray resident said "that unlike the families in the adjacent luxury condos at 101 Warren St., families at 89 Murray cannot afford a nanny to help make the trek over to the Spruce Street School every day if they can’t go to 234"

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The best public schools in the city have essentially become private schools. I went to 234 back before Tribeca was the richest zip code in Manhattan and my class was super diverse in racial and economic terms. Now when I walk by, everyone is white and being picked up by their nanny.

there are actually waiting lists for that school, so unless you have the connections your ass isn't getting in

good luck trying to get into that school.
not only is there a waiting list, they send out investigators to make sure you live in the zoned area.
so yeah, connections help.
now they want to segregate by class, shame.
I wonder what do the participants in the Taste of Tribeca has to say about this.

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