Community Left Out of School Closure Process
The NYC Department of Education has added 8 new high schools to the list of potentially closing schools, bringing the grand total to 55 schools – more than half the number of schools that the DOE has closed since 2003. If all of these schools close, it will bring the grand total of schools the DOE has closed to 146, which is about the number of schools in the entire city of Boston. Do you think this list will continue to grow?
- Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men (District 9)
- Herbert Lehman HS (District 8 )
- Performance Conservatory HS (District 12)
- University Neighborhood HS (District 1)
- Legacy School for Integrated Studies (District 2)
- Bosy and Girls HS (District 16)
- Washington Irving HS (District 2)
- Gompers Career and Tech HS (District 7)
by Anna Schwartz
When the New York City Department of Education announced this year that there are 47 schools across the city at risk of closing, they declared that there would be more community involvement than in previous years. A
