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Jarrett Murphy
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Helen Zelon
Johann Hamilton
Neil deMause
The numbers from the Independent Budget Office also show that the 25 schools slated for closure have more students with special education designations than the average school.
Only 1.1 percent of students enrolled in targeted high schools are white versus 13 percent citywide. In lower-grade schools being shut down, 2 percent of kids are white; citywide 15 percent of students in those grades are.
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Whatever the wisdom of the DOE strategy, schools on the shut-down list dwell in a strange limbo: Slated for closure, they cannot accept new students, but they are duty-bound to serve the students who remain enrolled. However, as the student population dwindles and teachers are tempted to find other jobs, the challenges of serving those last classes swell.
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