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Spring Fair: Saturday, May 19th

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Bid on iCarly

Attention iCarly Fans! This is it! The chance of an iCarly lifetime! Bid on the chance to meet the cast during your set visit of Nickelodeon's on Friday, June 1 in LA! Valid for up to 4 people. Tell your West Coast Friends! Bidding closes on May 24th. All proceeds benefit PS 9!

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Parents on Stage: May 31st

Parents On Stage

Join the PS 9 PA in its 3rd year of showcasing the many musical talents of PS9 parents as they raise money to help pay for special programs for the students.

Where: Birdland Jazz Club, 315 West 44th Street, NYC
Date: Thursday, May 31st, 6pm (Doors open at 5pm for dinner)
Price: $20 for Adults, $10 for children; $10 minimum table service per person
How: For reservations, go to http://www.birdlandjazz.com/event/120447/ and purchase your tickets today. We have sold out in past years, so please make your reservations right away.

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School-Wide Events

PS 9 School Year Calendar (printable)

New York Times & WNYC SchoolBook

News, data and conversation about schools in New York City

New Pro-Union Group Jumps Into Mayoral Race
While they are duking it out with the city at the policy level, the public school unions are also hoping to kick it up on the political front, as part of a new coalition, New Yorkers for Great Public Schools, that plans to weigh in on the 2013 mayoral race. The group was formed to counter StudentsFirstNY, which has said it will inject $10 million a year, raised from hedge fund managers and venture capitalists, into the race to press for more policies like those adopted under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
Chancellor Proposes Plan to Remove Unassigned and Unsatisfactory Teachers
Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott proposed on Thursday to offer buyouts to teachers in the "absent teacher reserve pool'' and to get rid of those teachers who receive unsatisfactory ratings two years in a row.
Chronically Absent Students Missed by School Reporting
A study finds that as many as 15 percent of students miss at least one school day in 10, doing harm to their academic progress, but they go largely undetected because of the way schools measure attendance.

West Side Rag

West Side Rag

News About the Upper West Side of NYC

EVENT-FULL WEEKEND: GREEK FESTIVAL, NON-CORPORATE STREET FAIR, MAMAPALOOZA, MORE
The weather people say this will be a stunningly gorgeous weekend, and there are tons of events going on. Here are a few of them: Fix Up the 105th Street Dog Run: A group of Upper West Siders has committed [...]
MORNING BULLETIN: OVER 20 VEHICLES STOLEN IN 1 NIGHT, H&M OPENING CONFIRMED
May 18, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 70 Degrees.
VINTAGE JEWELRY, STATIONERY COMING TO COLUMBUS AVENUE
As we’ve noted before, Columbus Avenue businesses don’t tend to stay vacant for long. And two stores that recently vacated their spaces are already being filled by new stores. Paper Source, a Chicago-based stationery store that we’ve written about before, [...]

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