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From 3,000 students to about 90: Inside the decades-long failure to fix or close NYC’s smallest high school

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On the fourth floor of a fortress-like building in lower Manhattan housing four public high schools, more than 500 students cram into classes such as calculus and agriculture. They operate 3D printers and tend herbs in a hydroponic farm.

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    From 3,000 students to about 90: Inside the decades-long failure to fix or close NYC’s smallest high school (opens Local News 8)

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    On the fourth floor of a fortress-like building in lower Manhattan housing four public high schools, more than 500 students cram into classes such as calculus and agriculture. They operate 3D printers and tend herbs in a hydroponic farm.

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