Story:
Brooklyn, NY (1/27/10) - Twelve high schools and seven middle and elementary schools in the city will be phased out. The Panel of Educational Policy voted to close them early Wednesday morning after a loud public meeting in Brooklyn that lasted more than nine hours.Around 320 parents, teachers and students signed up at about 6 p.m. Tuesday for the chance to speak against the closings at the meeting at Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene.
Finally, the panel voted 9-4 to close the schools at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday even though all the parents, students and teachers wanted to keep them open.
"I believe the PEP panel, those nine members had their minds made up since they decided this," said student Christopher Petrillo. "They didn't care. As much as we poured out our hearts to them, they didn't care."
The Panel voted to close these 19 public schools:
Bronx
*Christopher Columbus High School
Frederick Douglass Academy III’s middle school
Global Enterprise High School
*Monroe Academy for Business/Law
New Day Academy
School for Community Research and Learning
Brooklyn
*Metropolitan Corporate Academy
Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence
*Paul Robeson High School
P.S. 332
*William H. Maxwell CTE High School
Manhattan
Academy of Collaborative Education
Academy of Environmental Science
Choir Academy of Harlem
KAPPA II
*Norman Thomas High School
Queens
*Beach Channel High School
*Jamaica High School
School of Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship
Since the mayor was granted control of the school system in 2002, the city has closed 91 schools and created 335 new ones.
"I believe the PEP panel, those nine members had their minds made up since they decided this," said student Christopher Petrillo. "They didn't care. As much as we poured out our hearts to them, they didn't care."
Bronx
*Christopher Columbus High School
Frederick Douglass Academy III’s middle school
Global Enterprise High School
*Monroe Academy for Business/Law
New Day Academy
School for Community Research and Learning
Brooklyn
*Metropolitan Corporate Academy
Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence
*Paul Robeson High School
P.S. 332
*William H. Maxwell CTE High School
Manhattan
Academy of Collaborative Education
Academy of Environmental Science
Choir Academy of Harlem
KAPPA II
*Norman Thomas High School
Queens
*Beach Channel High School
*Jamaica High School
School of Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) How many schools did the panel close in the Bronx?
4) How many schools did the panel close in Brooklyn?
5) How many schools has the city closed since 2002?
6) How many new schools has the city opened since 2002?
Info from NY1
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