As Clock Ticks, Little Opposition to MS 80 Closure

If there is widespread opposition to the proposed closure and re-imagining of Junior High School 80, Norwood’s oldest and largest middle school, it was not apparent at a Department of Education hearing on Monday night.

Bronx Notes: Immigration and Health Fair Today

The Bronx Clergy Task Force and New York City Police Department are hosting an immigration and health fair today from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hutchinson Metro Center Auditorium (near Calvary Hospital) located at 1200 Waters Place.

Bronx Notes: Workshop on Understanding Contracts

A free workshop on Understanding Contracts will take place today from 6:30 p.m. to 8 . Participants will learn the basics about contracts and also engage in a question/answer panel. The workshop will be led by an attorney with two decades of legal experience. Seating is limited. For more information on the location and space available, call (718) 665-5250 x263 or email smallbusiness@startsmallthinkbig.org Ed. note: Every weekday, we highlight Bronx programs, announcements, services, opportunities, public meetings/hearings or community events. Find a full listing on our Neighborhood Notes page. Send your neighborhood notes to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

Riverdale C-Rock Jumpers Beat Heat and Heights

While we’re hard at working grinding out the next print edition of the Norwood News, take a look at this fantastic footage, set to an Arcade Fire song, of a Riverdale right-of-passage: kids jumping off cliffs of various heights into Spuyten Duyvil Creek.

Bronx Notes: Baby Laptime at Mosholu Library

Thanks to the tireless lobbying of Community Board 7 member Bree Brown-Rosa, the Mosholu Library in Norwood, 285 E. 205th St., will be hosting a Baby Laptime program on Tuesday morning, April 17, from 11 to 11:45 a.m.

Hearing Tonight a Chance for MS 80 Community to Have Voice

The Department of Education is holding a hearing tonight at JHS 80 (commonly called MS 80), so the school’s community — parents, students, faculty, local residents, alumni, etc. — can weigh-in about the DOE’s decision to designate MS 80 for the federal turnaround program, which would essentially close the school and re-open it with a dramatically different administration, faculty and programming.

Bronx Links, Monday

Here are the Bronx stories we’re following this Monday. Weather: Hot! Break out your fans and sunscreen as temperatures soar into the mid-80s with lots of sunshine.

Bronx Breakdown: Weighing Leverage at the Kingsbridge Armory

The bids for the Amory are in. We know a little about which groups have submitted proposals and the front-runner, as we’ve mentioned here before, is a group of investors who want to turn the hulking 600,000-square-foot building into a state-of-the-art regional ice sports center, complete with a 5,000-seat arena and eight other ice rinks for hockey and figure skating (maybe some curling?).

Bronx Notes: Planting at Williamsbridge Oval Park Saturday Morning

Saturday morning, April 14, at 11 a.m., the Friends of Williamsbridge Oval Park and Mosholu Preservation Corporation will be facilitating a planting and doing other beautification of Oval Park. They’re looking for volunteers to help out and everyone is welcome to participate.