Department of Education officials informed teachers and administrators at three schools on Thursday that they would soon be shuttered, arguing that their failures to make gains among struggling students called for radical repair.
The three — Public School 90 in the Bronx, Public School 225 in Queens, and Junior High School 44 in Manhattan — are among several schools the city plans to close, with the others being notified in the coming weeks.
J.H.S. 44 will be phased out over two years, allowing current students to graduate but not accepting new ones. At the same time, new sixth graders will enter a reconstituted middle school, under different leadership, in the same building.
P.S. 90 will be replaced by two new elementary schools, initially serving kindergarten through second grade and expanding to fourth grade by 2011. Read more..
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