P.S. 25, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant and currently housing only 53 students, has been voted to close by the city's educational panel. The dwindling enrollment has made it hard to sustain essential programs and staff. Despite the local council's support for closure, there has been pushback from educators who believe more time is needed to address enrollment issues. The situation at P.S. 25 is emblematic of a larger crisis affecting numerous small schools in the city, where operational costs per student have surged, stressing already tight budgets.
With only 53 students enrolled, P.S. 25's closure highlights the challenges tiny schools face in a landscape of declining enrollment and funding.
The decision to close P.S. 25 at the end of the school year reflects a troubling trend of small schools struggling to provide core academic programs.
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