In New York City, the Free School Society was chartered in 1805 and changed its name in 1826 to the Public School Society of New YorkArchived 2005-11-29 at archive.today. It was a private corporation that (i) managed schools for immigrants and the poor and (ii) distributed city funding to those schools. It remained private until it was, in effect, disestablished in 1842 and supplanted by an elected Board of Education.
Our new principal, Ms. Stephanie, has had a great start to the year and has a lot of amazing ideas to share ([1]
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In New York City, the Free School Society was chartered in 1805 and changed its name in 1826 to the Public School Society of New YorkArchived 2005-11-29 at archive.today. It was a private corporation that (i) managed schools for immigrants and the poor and (ii) distributed city funding to those schools. It remained private until it was, in effect, disestablished in 1842 and supplanted by an elected Board of Education.