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The Spuyten Duyvil School P.S. 24, despite some of its recent problems, is a school children want to get into. In fact, ensuring the right students made it through the front door had become its point of contention. Recently, some students were matched with P.S. 207 in Kingsbridge despite living just blocks from P.S. 24, according to parents involved in the matching. That would be a longer commute for many of the parents affected by the zoning rule, and they were ready to protest. However, that march was cancelled after Superintendent Maribel Hulla, new P.S. 24 principal Steven Schwartz, Councilman Andrew Cohen, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Jeffrey Klein worked out a solution that would admit those 53 children into P.S. 24. It means turning the school’s science lab and a meeting room into classrooms. “We made the classrooms for everybody,” Schwartz said. “Right now, it’s about sustainability for the course of six years on a long-term plan.” - Lisa Herndon After five month

Going for greatness | The Riverdale Press | www.riverdalepress.com Skip to main content 75°, Cloudy --> July 22, 2026 Register Log in Facebook Twitter Email us Going for greatness Principal poised to restore luster to PS 24 Posted Friday, April 21, 2017 12:05 am Steven Schwartz walks with his three-year-old son Jordan on his shoulders inside PS24. Julius Constantine Motal Steven Schwartz is officially the principal of PS24, and has ambitions to make the school the best in the city. Julius Constantine Motal Previous Next Zoning issue almost spoiled principal’s big debut The Spuyten Duyvil S

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