At a public hearing last week, New York's education panel voted to close 18 schools. This makes 135 schools currently closed or slated for closure, including Jamaica High in Queens (pictured above) which was added to the list last year. Photo by JACKIE MADER
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The New York City’s Panel for Education Policy voted to close 18 schools last week. Nearly 2000 people turned out, many in protest of the closings, at a meeting that has become an annual event at the Brooklyn Technical High School.
