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A Brooklyn school wins the right to stay open, but must shrink
Teachers and parents from Canarsie's P.S. 114 carried signs at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting where the board was set to vote on the school's closure. Threatened with closure when their...
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Small school resists meeting the fate of a larger one it replaced
Ama Willock urges DOE officials not to close her son's school, Middle School for the Arts in Crown Heights As Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted the success of the small schools opened during his tenure in...
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At Satellite III, blame for decline placed on short-term principal
At a hearing for Satellite III's closure, audience members listen to an all-sibling quartet. The fall of Satellite III began the day Kenyatta Reid resigned as principal. That was the story told and...
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At P.S. 161, a renewed call for more time to show improvement
Parents and children hold a brief press conference to oppose the closure of P.S. 161's middle school. At the same time that supporters of Satellite III were laying blame for their school’s decline...
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At Bronx closure hearing, an apology and pleas for more space
Students from Bronx Academy of Letters line up to speak at a public hearing last week about changes that are proposed to their school’s building. (Photo: Elana Eisen-Markowitz) At a public hearing...
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At three hearings, one idea: City’s plans would undo successes
M.S. 45 eighth-graders Ciara Shack (L) and Karla Lorenzo (C) and sixth-grader Eliza Fuentes (R) do an impromptu step cheer at a hearing about the school’s proposed closure. They chanted the school’s...
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Closure plan debated at school where parents called for change
Edna Wilson and her granddaughter Gianee, a P.S. 64 student, protested the school’s poor quality before its closure hearing. (Photo: Luke Hammill) Reprising a march they held last fall, parents and...
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At three tiny schools, brief closure hearings air common themes
A smattering of parents and teachers attended a public hearing Monday night about the city’s plan to phase out and replace Brooklyn’s P.S. 73. (Photo: Nell Gluckman) School closure hearings tend to be...
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Schools facing closure again cover well-worn steps at hearings
Principal Rose Lobianco spoke to community members and city officials during a public hearing on the city’s plan to close Herbert H. Lehman High School. (Photo: Mariana Ionova) Whether it was their...
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At Murry Bergtraum HS, little will to contest proposed changes
<br />Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers Carol Newell testified at a public hearing about how the school’s building will be used next year about the need for more social services to...
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