City Pushes Ahead on Plan to Close, Then Reopen 33 Schools – SchoolBook

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City Pushes Ahead on Plan to Close, Then Reopen 33 Schools

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Feb. 28, 2012, 6:12 p.m.

By FERNANDA SANTOS

The New York City Education Department has set in motion its plan to restore federal grants to 33 struggling schools. On Tuesday, it released proposals to close eight of those schools, replace half of their staff, then reopen them under new names, all in a bid to bypass a required teacher evaluation system, which should have been in place by Dec. 31.

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