Three New York City schools to be closed for unacceptable performance

At least three middle and elementary schools in New York City will be shuttered next year for "unacceptable performance," Education Department officials say. Middle School 44 on Manhattan's upper West Side will not enroll a sixth-grade class next year and will be phased out within 2-1/2 years, an Education Department spokeswoman says. A new middle school will replace it starting next year. Public School 225 in Rockaway Park, Queens, and PS 90 in Morrisania, the Bronx, also will close, sources said.

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