From left: School Construction Authority President Lorraine Grillo, DOE Director of Early Childhood for District 2 Aneesha Jacko, Assembly Member Dan Quart, Council Member Keith Powers, State Senator Liz Krueger, Council Member Ben Kallos. Photo courtesy of Council Members Ben Kallos and Keith Powers
The start of the school year also marked the grand opening of two new pre-kindergarten facilities on the East Side. Local officials held ribbon-cutting ceremonies in recent weeks at new pre-K facilities at 1683 Third Avenue and 252 East 57th Street. The schools currently serve a combined 234 students. A third new pre-K site with 180 seats will open in fall 2019 on East 76th Street. The new facilities bring the Upper East Side, where the number of available pre-K seats has long lagged behind demand, closer to the city’s goal of providing pre-K for all.
