A progressive public school in Manhattan long known by its acronym — ICE — has decided it's time for a rebrand.

Parents and staff at the Institute for Collaborative Education say those letters have taken on a grim connotation in President Donald Trump’s second term, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, waging a crackdown nationwide that has resulted in deportations, including of New York City students and recent public school grads.

The Institute for Collaborative Education now refers to itself as “Ny.ICE” — often pronounced “nice.”

“Moving forward I will be referring to our school community as Ny.ICE or the Institute for Collaborative Education in official communications to avoid any confusion or unnecessary emotional responses to our school’s acronym,” Pri

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