The New York City Department of Education announced plans today to close or phase out 17 schools.
The department said all the schools are low-performing, and the decision to close them or phase them out came “after a rigorous review of academic performance.”
“We’ve listened to the community and provided comprehensive support services to these schools based on their needs,” schools Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg said in a news release. “Ultimately, we know we can better serve our students and families with new options and a new start.”
The schools set to close are:
• M.S. 45/S.T.A.R.S. Prep Academy, 2351 First Ave., Manhattan;
• Freedom Academy High School, 116 Nassau St., Brooklyn;
The schools set to be phased out are:
• High School of Graphic Communication Arts, 439 W. 49th St., Manhattan;
• Choir Academy of Harlem, 2005 Madison Ave., Manhattan;
• Bread & Roses Integrated Arts High School, 6 Edgecombe Ave., Manhattan;
• M.S. 203, 399 Morris Ave., the Bronx;
• Herbert H. Lehman High School, 3000 E. Tremont Ave., the Bronx;
• P.S. 064 Pura Belpre, 1425 Walton Ave., the Bronx;
• Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications, 240 E. 172nd St., the Bronx;
• M.S. 142 John Philip Sousa, 3750 Baychester Ave., the Bronx;
• P.S. 167 the Parkway, 1025 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn;
• J.H.S. 166 George Gershwin, 800 Van Siclen Ave., Brooklyn;
• J.H.S. 302 Rafael Cordero, 350 Linwood St., Brooklyn;
• Sheepshead Bay High School, 3000 Avenue X, Brooklyn;
• General D. Chappie James Middle School of Silence, 76 Riverdale Ave., Brooklyn;
• P.S. 140 Edward K. Ellington, 166-01 116th Ave., Queens;
• Law, Government and Community Service High School, 207-01 116th Ave., Queens.
Earlier in the year, the Department of Education identified 60 struggling schools – 58 district schools and two charter schools – and asked for feedback from the local communities on what was working and what was not. At the end of the process, the department decided there was no hope for speedy improvement for the 17 schools set to close or be phased out.
“These are difficult decisions that we’ve arrived at after thoroughly evaluating each school’s record – and now is the time to take action,” Sternberg said in the news release. “We expect every school to deliver for our students, and are working hard to offer families more high performing choices.”
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So what happens with their busses?
what’s a “Middle School of Silence”???
Is there a good plan to help the low-performing refugees (students and staff) from these closed schools to do any better elsewhere?
Let’s shut down the whole public-school system that only produces failure and prison inmates. The socialist fascists have taken over the public education a while ago; public schools became indoctrination centers. Teaching math and English is not on a teachers’ union agenda – leaching money out of taxpayers and producing new generation of democratic loosers is.