A full house can be expected next Tuesday, Oct. 4, at P.S. 234 when the city’s Department of Education will seek public input on a major new rezoning plan for Lower Manhattan public schools.
The proposal was released last week by the D.O.E. and is most notable for its inclusion of a new zone for the school at Peck Slip, which is projected to open in 2015. Another major alteration to the existing zoning is the division of Tribeca. The plan basically cuts the neighborhood in half, with residents living above North Moore Street being required to send their kids to P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village instead of the neighborhood school, P.S. 234.
Other changes include residents of Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City being rezoned for P.S. 276 instead of their current assigned school, P.S. 89.
The district’s Community Education Council must approve the plan prior to its adoption. The Oct. 4 public hearing begins at 6:30 p.m. in P.S. 234’s auditorium.
