On behalf of the Collegiate Institute For Math & Science - Columbus Campus, please see above for an invitation to their Art Showcase on April 15th, from 5-7pm.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Time to Fix Up the West 235th Street Pedestrian Overpass
While grouting may be gone from several stones, the real danger is to the upper left of the photo where the support of the steel beams has been compromised on this Henry Hudson Parkway pedestrian overpass at West 235th Street.
This photo is of the corner of the overpass that leads across the HHP. A different section from the first photo.
Left - and Right are the path and lower steps of the west side entrance to the overpass.
Left and Right crumbling and broken steps can be seen, even after having been repaired before.
Left - More steps.
Right - One can trip on this piece of metal curb striping that sticks out on the West exit.
Above and below are photos of the underneath of sections of the East side of the overpass.
The Changing face of Johnson Avenue
However - Above replacing the closed (for several years) Golden Gate Restaurant is a new European Wax Center will soon open at 3550 Johnson Avenue next to the old Radio Shack..
Below - And on the other side of the old Radio Shack a new restaurant called Moss Cafe will soon open at 3534 Johnson Avenue.
Chancellor Carmen Farina Comes to District 10 - Or Did She?
The notices that went out said that the District 10 Community Education Council presents a Town Hall meeting with Chancellor Carmen Farina. The town hall meeting with Chancellor Farina was scheduled for Wednesday April 1st from 6:30 - 7:30 PM at PS 86 located at Reservoir Avenue and West 195th Street. In bold letters were 'ALL DISTRICT 10 PARENTS ARE URGED TO ATTEND'. The photo above was taken at 6:30 PM when the meeting was to begin. About 100 staff from district 10 schools, the chancellors office, children, their parents, and security officers were in attendance. I was told that every parent in the district was given a notice, and some even received calls to attend.
At 7PM you can see only 4 of the 9 CEC members and no chancellor on the dias. It was then announced that the chancellor would be a little late. At 7:15 PM attendees were told the chancellor was stuck in traffic on the West Side Highway and that people could leave if they wanted. As several did just so, I followed suit by leaving and not wanting to wait any longer because I had another event to go to which I did not want to miss.
I was however able to read a handout on the table giving the results of the past years test scores. As a former Parent leader in District 10 years ago I was shocked to see that the scores were lower than 10 years ago when District 10 was a District in Need of Improvement. English scores were at 16.8 percent down almost 8 points, while math scores were 21.9 percent down over 10 points. When I asked the current District 10 Superintendent (who was on hand) Melodie Mashel why the scores have gone down so, her answer was 'the test is harder now'. The current standards were suppose to be instituted 10 years ago, because I was a member of the Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council when the presentation was given. The city received a waiver for the past 10 years, but now it seems that those 10 year old standards can not even be met today.
Composting is Coming to Another Bronx Area
Last Tuesday Councilman Andrew Cohen held a forum with the Department of Sanitation about the introduction of an organics recycle pilot program in Community Board 8. The Riverdale and Fieldston areas down to West 238th Street on the east side of the Henry Hudson Parkway, and all the way down to the bridge on the west side of the parkway. This however is for 2700 homeowners and small 1 - 9 unit buildings only. Above is the container that will be given out by the DSNY to hold food scraps and other organic waste so they do not have to go to landfills and can be recycled.
Here you can see the actual size of the container which is next to the DSNY organic waste program presenter. Questions raised were how to line the container as not to attract vermin, and the lid snaps closed was the answer. People were also told they could use empty pizza boxes or other food soaked paper for the bottom, but the container will have to be cleaned often. The aim of the DSNY is to cut down on the amount of garbage that is being sent to landfills. If this program is successful citywide up to 15 percent of the current garbage sent to landfills will be recycled.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj's Health & Wellness Fair on April 10th!
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Passover & Easter Greetings From Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj
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