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Henican: School closure better prompt plain talk in Huntington Station
Quick ReadNow that Jack Abrams Intermediate School is closed, it's time to examine the real problems plaguing the area.
Photo credit: Newsday/Sally Morrow | Bella Neira, who is going into 3rd grade in Southtown, holds up a sign in front of Huntington Town Hall during an anti-violence rally after the school board decided to close the Jack Abrams school due of neighborhood violence. (July 21, 2010)
No one is saying the Jack Abrams School wasn't educating its students.
No one is claiming the teaching was shoddy, the building was crumbling or the discipline was lax.
The Huntington School Board voted 4-3 on Monday to shut down what by most measures was a well-functioning intermediate school.
And all because of the neighborhood.
This part of Huntington Station has struggled...
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