"New York City closing 19 Schools around the City"

The New York City Department Of Education is closing down 19 schools around the city. On Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 the Department Of Education had a city wide hearing and many students, teachers, and parents came out to tell their testimony on why New York City should not close down the schools. But because of the poor standards, low grades and low graduation rates it leaves them no chose but to close down the schools. Some say that they should not close the schools but fix them to be better places for student.

Some of the school are set to close in June, other some are set to close in the coming years.

This is the list of school that are set with to close:

Bronx

Frederick Douglas Academy III

Global Enterprise High School

New Day Academy

Columbus High School

Monroe Academy for Business Law

School for Community Research and Learning

Manhattan

Academy of Collaborative Education

Academy of Environmental Science

Choir Academy of Harlem

Kappa II

Norman Thomas High School

Brooklyn

Metropolitan Corporate Academy

Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence

Paul Robeson High School

W.H. Maxwell CTE School

PS 332

Queens

Beach Channel High School

Business, Computer Applications, and Entrepreneurship High School

Jamaica High School

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