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School Closures

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Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

March 14, 2013

Archdiocese Hires Counselors to Help Relocate Holy Cross Students

Holy Cross School will close down at the end of the school year.

New York City

February 27, 2013

Joe Lhota Spars With Democrats Over Merit Pay, School Closures at Debate

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota says teachers should be paid more for teaching at tough schools.

New York City

November 03, 2012

Officials Fear Some Damaged Schools May Stay Closed for Rest of Year

As staff and students prepare for Monday, many schools are without power or are hosting evacuees.

New York City

October 31, 2012

All Public Schools and Some Universities Will Remain Closed Through Friday

Weather damage, suspended mass transit and need for shelters was cited as causes of the ongoing closures.

New York City

July 31, 2012

24 Struggling Schools Will Keep Their Names, DOE Says

The struggling schools an arbitrator prevented the city from closing will get to keep their names.

Harlem

April 02, 2012

Harlem Renaissance Among Schools Removed from Closure List

Harlem Renaissance High School is one of seven schools where teachers' jobs are safe.

South Bronx

February 10, 2012

Panel Votes to Close Six Bronx Schools, Despite Protests

The city education panel approved DOE plans to phase out five Bronx high schools and to shrink another.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

February 10, 2012

Legacy High School to Close, DOE Panel Votes

The West 14th Street high school will be phased out, the Panel for Educational Policy voted Thursday.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

February 10, 2012

City's Education Panel Votes to Close Washington Irving

The century-old Washington Irving High School was among 23 schools the panel has now voted to close.

Greenwich Village & SoHo

February 01, 2012

Legacy HS Students Ask DOE to 'Save Our School' at Union Square Walk-Out

Legacy School for Integrated Studies students walked out of class for a rally in Union Square.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

February 01, 2012

DOE Criticized For Proposed Closure of Washington Irving School

At a public meeting, parents, teachers and students pleaded with the DOE not to close Washington Irving.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

January 26, 2012

Parents and Teachers Rally to Save Washington Irving

Washington Irving High supporters rallied in Union Square on Wednesday to save the school.

Murray Hill & Gramercy

December 20, 2011

Washington Irving High School Closure Plan Sparks Outrage

Washington Irving High School in Gramercy is among the latest schools to be marked for closure.

Lower East Side & East Village

September 29, 2011

Lower East Side School Warned it Could be Closed by DOE

P.S. 137 John L. Bernstein on the Lower East Side is one of 20 elementary and middle schools city-wide identified by the Department of Education as struggling.

Manhattan

January 27, 2011

New York Snow Closures and Delays

DNAinfo has compiled a list of closures and delays across Manhattan.