City To Close, Transform and Reopen 33 Schools
13 Schools in Brooklyn Affected
By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BROOKLYN — In a bid to nail down $60 million in federal funding, Mayor Bloomberg is moving forward with a plan to close, transform and then reopen 33 struggling city schools, and fire up to half their staff. Thirteen of the schools are in Brooklyn.
While most of the schools are considered “persistently” low- performing, several have received As or Bs on their most recent city-issued progress reports (school “report cards”), including the Brooklyn School for Global Studies in Cobble Hill.