PS 173 facing uphill battle against crowding

By Kathianne Boniello

Fourth in a series

On the outside, PS 173 in Fresh Meadows looks like a typical District 26 school: large with neatly trimmed lawns tucked away in a relatively quiet corner of the city that could easily be mistaken for suburbia.

But on the inside, PS 173 is a school fighting a losing battle against rapidly increasing enrollments