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Friday, December 11, 2009

Low-performing Queens high schools face closure after poor grades on city's annual report card

Low-performing Queens high schools face closure after poor grades on city's annual report card



Two Queens high schools that received D grades on the city's annual report card are now on the chopping block.
The city is recommending the closure of Beach Channel High School, in Rockaway Park, and the Business, ComputerApplications and Entrepreneurship High School in CambriaHeights. The Education Department announced its proposal to shutter Jamaica High School last week.
"They're not fulfilling the promise that we make to students and their families that we're going to prepare students for life beyond high school," said Deputy Schools Chancellor John White.
The final decision on whether the schools will be phased out one year at a time lies with the Panel for Educational Policy. A vote is set for Jan. 26.


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