DeWitt Clinton HS: another victim of the Bloomberg preference to close schools rather than allow them to improve
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| DeWitt Clinton High School |
The Bloomberg administration has been defined by its determination to close as many schools as possible, and has shut more than a hundred so far, rather than make attempts to improve them. It is now threatening to close down DeWitt Clinton High School, one of the last remaining large schools in the Bronx, with arenowned history. Over its 115 years, its alumni have included32 Oscar, Emmy and/or Tony Award winners, 11 Pulitzer Prize winners, 5 Olympic medalists, and 54 current or former members of the NY State Supreme Court.
Just 13 years ago, Clinton was ranked among the top 100 high schools in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. But then came the Gates-funded small schools initiative, as implemented by Bloomberg/Klein, which undermined all the large comprehensive high schools in the Bronx through