School overview
P.S. 188 The Island School
How P.S. 188 is governed, funded, and planning for students.
Who makes school decisions?
P.S. 188 is a New York City public school in Geographic District 1. NYCPS makes system-level decisions, while the School Leadership Team (SLT) develops the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan with school stakeholders.
School identity
NYCPS lists DBN 01M188 at 442 East Houston Street, serving pre-kindergarten through grade 8.
School-level planning
The 2025-26 plan says it was developed through the SLT process and describes school goals, strategies, and family-engagement activities.
System funding
NYCPS's school budget snapshot combines Fair Student Funding, state and local funds, federal funding, and centrally managed school-based costs.
The published plan identifies the school’s goals and intended work, but it does not identify how individual SLT members discussed each decision or report the later results.
Where the district stands
Major projects
2025-26 Comprehensive Educational Plan
latest documented planThe plan set literacy, student-wellness, academic-experience, graduation-readiness, and family-engagement work for the 2025-26 school year. It describes literacy supports, social-emotional supports, continued Expeditionary Learning, and Spanish across middle-school grades.
- Plan implementation and listed family-engagement activities begin.
- Listed school-year plan activities end.
Funding
The plan names school staff, Instructional Leadership Team work, partners, and instructional resources, but does not give a standalone project budget.
Direct official NYCPS directory, school budget, and Comprehensive Educational Plan records; the school’s own public index was checked for recurring updates.
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