City to open 26 new school sites this year

The opening of 26 new school locations will add more than 17,000 new seats for the 2010-11 school year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced today. The new buildings, annexes and leased spaces represent the most new classroom seats to come in one year since the School Construction Authority was created in 1988. The Department of Education is on track to add nearly 100,000 new school seats across the city by 2013. “Modernizing our schools is a part of the bold education reforms that have helped turn around the public school system here in New York City,” Bloomberg said. “Thanks to strong support from the state and city council, we are in the midst of the largest school construction effort in New York City history.” TRD