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Panel votes to shutter 5 Brooklyn schools

The city's Panel for Educational Policy has voted to shut down five Brooklyn schools despite opposition from hundreds of students, parents and teachers. The Department of Education (DOE) says the affected

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Apr 27, 2012, 9:56 AM

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