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Friday, September 18, 2009

NYC schools are overcrowded: City classrooms overflowing with students


NYC schools are overcrowded: City classrooms overflowing with students:

"More than 7,200 classes are over the limit set in the teachers union contract, the union says.

'In my science research class, there are some kids sitting behind the blackboard,' said Renzo Meza, a freshman at Forest Hills High School, which has 384 classes with more than the 34-student limit for high schools."