by Erin Conlon 
In light of the recent New York City Council vote (and subsequent unanimous decision) to reverse this summer’s school budget cuts, Greenpointers is looking back on local school news 62 years ago.
On this day in 1960, the Greenpoint Weekly Star reported on local parents’ push for a proposed new junior high by starting a post card campaign to city officials. For roughly 15 days, advocates aimed to inundate Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Brooklyn Borough…
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