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The D.O.E.’s chief academic officer came under fire at a City Council hearing for not publicizing enough information about the organization of the city’s 1,750 schools into networks. One council member said a series of reorganizations had created a “bureaucratic nightmare” for parents.
How many homeless students are enrolled in the city schools? How many live within walking distance of their schools? Those and other questions came into sharp focus this week with a news report about N-Dia Layne, a 4th grader searching for stability, with no clear answers from city agencies readily available.
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