New AI High School Off the Table for Now, NYC Officials Say

NYC Public Schools nixes controversial plan to relocate beloved Upper West Side middle school

Upper West Side parents of children who attend NYC public schools celebrated on Monday as the city scrapped a controversial plan to relocate a beloved middle school and close two public schools in the area. The Center School, known as M.S. 243, will stay at its current location, still sharing a building with P.S. 9 at 100 W. 84th Street. P.S./I.S. 191 and the Manhattan School for Children (MSC) will also remain at its current location. Public sc…

New AI high school off the table for now, NYC officials say

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Proposals to bring the first artificial intelligence-based high school to New York City are off the table for now. A spokesperson for the Department of Education confirmed to PIX11 News that "some of the proposals" on the April 29 Panel for Education Policy (PEP) agenda have been withdrawn, as first reported [...]

NYC nixes plan for AI-themed high school after woke backlash to merit-based admissions policy

NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels withdrew a proposal to open a STEM high school in lower Manhattan focusing on AI amid fierce opposition over its "screened" or selective admissions policy.

NYC withdraws plans for AI-focused high school, closure of Upper West Side middle schools

Both plans had faced furious pushback from parents.

NYC withdraws plans to open AI-focused high school and close Upper West Side middle schools

NEW YORK — After months of community opposition, New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels on Monday yanked controversial plans to open the city’s first artificial intelligence-focused high school and to overhaul three Upper West Side middle schools. The proposals…

NYC Yanks AI-Themed High School and Shelves Plans To Close UWS Middle Schools

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