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City Room: Facing Pressure, City Retreats on Closing Two High Schools

nytimes.com (1 year and 1 month ago)

Apr 26, 2012

A last-minute reversal saves two public high schools that had been slated for closing. full story

Chicago to shutter 50 schools, largest mass closing in major U.S. city

Chicago’s board of education voted Wednesday to shutter 50 schools, the largest number of schools closed at one time by any major U.S. city. The board, appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), opted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school after the current school year ends. It decided to keep open four additional schools that had been recommended for closure by...

washingtonpost.com (27 days ago)

Study committee recommends closing Gorton Junior High in Warwick

By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. -- A special study committee voted Wednesday to recommend that the School Department close Gorton Junior High School as the district looks to balance steadily declining enrollment and the use of its buildings. The committee, which has been meeting since early this year, was focused on the city's three junior high schools which are operating...

providencejournal.com (3 months and 20 days ago)

Instead of closing schools, how about this?

When Michelle Rhee told D.C. school residents that she, as chancellor of public schools in the nation's capital, was closing 23 under-enrolled schools, she promised that a lot of money would be saved that could be plowed back into academic programs in remaining schools. It didn't happen; an audit years later found that the closings actually cost the city $40 million. Read...

washingtonpost.com (2 months and 29 days ago)

NYC High Schools: A look at creative programs across the city

In New York City, thereâs tons of options for teens when it comes to picking a high school. The city boasts more than 400 schools; many have quirky or out-of-the-box curriculum. While many pride themselves strictly on rigorous academics, others are tailored toward specific interests or careers.

amny.com (2 months and 13 days ago)

More than 400 turn out in Warwick to fight junior high closing

By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. -- Parents, students and teachers redoubled their efforts to protest the proposed closing of Gorton Junior High School Tuesday night with more than 400 people showing up for a School Committee hearing on the issue. Many waved signs that declared "Save Our Schools", and they were openly skeptical of some of school officials' comments as...

providencejournal.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

Some city schools say final farewells

For Baltimore schools closing doors for good, end of the school year is bittersweetFor a half-dozen schools in Baltimore that are closing, the last day of school Wednesday meant the end of an era.

baltimoresun.com (5 days ago)

City closing 2 schools, but choices a mystery

Richmond is closing three schools by June 30, and the list includes one certainty — Summer Hill Elementary, part of a long-planned consolidation tied to new school construction — and two mystery choic

timesdispatch.com (3 months and 19 days ago)

City to put new schools in several struggling Queens high school buildings

Space at several Queens high schools could soon be at a premium. The influential city Panel for Educational Policy gave the green light on Wednesday to a city plan to place a transfer school for struggling students inside of August Martin High School in Jamaica.

nydailynews.com (2 months and 29 days ago)

Liu rips city's high school admission process

Controller John Liu blasted the city’s system for placing students in public high schools Thursday, after auditing the admissions process at five selective high schools.The Democratic mayoral hopeful said many students were denied spots in the schools, despite meeting the requirements.

nydailynews.com (4 days ago)

District debuts possible facilities scenarios

Possible scenarios for the Iowa City Community School District's building plans include closing elementary schools, shifting to a sixth-grade through eighth-grade middle school scheme, and starting ninth-grade centers at City High and West High, among oth

press-citizen.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

City Room: Facing Pressure, City Retreats on Closing Two High Schools

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