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Happy Friday. It’s Amy with Chalkbeat New York.
Solving New York City’s school declining enrollment puzzle is top of mind for New York City officials, especially as the city confronts its own budget problems. But merging schools is not always easy. The latest P.S. Weekly episode explores a student’s experience of having his school merged.
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When 2 schools become 1: What gets lost in a merger?
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What We’re Reading
Police arrest woman pretending to be teenage student, Bronx River News (Bronx River High School newspaper)
N.Y.C. Schools Could Lose 153,000 Students in Next Decade, Study Finds, The New York Times
Bayside HS seeks funding and answers, Queens Chronicle
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Thumbnail image courtesy Marley Campbell.
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