{"id":372602,"date":"2026-10-14T03:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372602\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T03:02:32","slug":"staten-island-school-to-get-new-gym-cafeteria-through-new-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372602\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island school to get new gym, cafeteria through new funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EUE5FHTUTBDF3H336UTMCGJTLY\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A Staten Island special education school will get a new gymnasium and cafeteria thanks to allocated funds announced by Borough President Vito Fossella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VNAQMXP5TJGPNDPEX6TVKQYBZQ\">The borough president visited P373R at its main site in New Brighton on Tuesday to announce that he funding he allocated to the school to construct a new gymnasium and cafeteria for students.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/X3NZ25TXNFGFNEO5EGMT6LEUWY.jpeg\"  \/>Principal Christine Hoffman introduces Borough President Vito Fossella.(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"W7ZYYEC2TNHODCOPBPQXBUVYI4\">P373R is a New York City public District 75 school that provides special education services to students with disabilities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EAPGFMZBLZG2PK4RAMD7RH32LY\">Fossella was greeted to a thunderous applause among students when he was introduced by Principal Christine Hoffman before he made the announcement. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/B6APL4KX3ZF75JRB5TLC7FTYGE.jpeg\"  \/>(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NWFZUVFQFZAHNMOZM53JIBK4GQ\">\u201cWhat if I told you that based on what your principal has asked and your great teachers who want nothing but the best for you \u2014 what if I told you you\u2019re going to get a brand new gymnasium and a brand new cafeteria?\u201d said Fossella to the crowd of students. \u201cYou all deserve the very best. You\u2019re going to get great opportunities here at 373. We just want to make it a little better. So when we finally build that new gym, that new cafeteria, wear it well. Enjoy it. You guys deserve the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IRIX7OECO5EWJNQDYBYVGBB7B4\">Hoffman explained that the funds will be allocated for next school year, so any design or construction will be announced at a later time.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/NDZSTQELW5AAJMZZKJ4UXF4JVE.jpeg\"  \/>(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/NEHOVHCFKZGPPATDXMY3VGSROM.jpeg\"  \/>(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/H4KRB4ZSOBGTZLUPUIM2TAVGX4.jpeg\"  \/>(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P373R\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2XWD3MURE5DLDKEMJ2GKZ4NI7Q.jpeg\"  \/>(Advance\/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A Staten Island special education school will get a new gymnasium and cafeteria thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-372602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}