Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 Students, Teacher & Principal Meet Mayor Bill de Blasio Following June 16 Cornell Tech Groundbreaking Ceremony

Following the June 16 Cornell Tech campus groundbreaking ceremony, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

met with students from Roosevelt Island's PS/IS 217 and school Principal Mandana Beckman.

Mayor @BilldeBlasio meets PS/IS 217 leaders & the principal & asst for the day! @217pta @cornell_tech #groundbreaking pic.twitter.com/6XZtrp7K4Y

— Diane Levitt (@diane_levitt) June 16, 2015

Ms Beckman adds:

Here is the picture we took with Mayor DeBlasio following the Cornell Tech Ground Breaking:

Mandana Beckman, Ursula Fokine , Instructional Coach, Jennifer Bartolino , AP Students: Felicia Einhorn, Principal for A Day & Elyes Bouchik, Assistant Principal for a Day

Here's what Mayor de Blasio said about PS/IS 217 during his remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony.



Complete coverage of the Cornell Tech Groundbreaking ceremony at this post and more on the Cornell Tech PS/IS 217 Hackathon here.