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Supreme Court allows city school closures

A New York Supreme Court Justice handed down a decision last night allowing the Department of Education to move forward with the closings and co-locations of 22 failing city schools and 15 public charter schools, the DOE announced.

Justice Paul Feinman denied a request from NAACP and the United Federation of Teachers for a preliminary injunction preventing the closures, saying that there was “no clear and convincing evidence that these low-performing schools could be so easily turned around.”

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NAACP and UFT filed the suit in early June, seeking interim and long term relief.

“I am incredibly heartened by the court’s decision tonight,” said schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. “From the beginning of the Bloomberg Administration, we have said that a primary focus of our reform efforts would be to phase out schools that have failed our children year after year, and offer families new, high-quality options.” — Katherine Clarke

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