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# Video: Sheepshead Bay H.S. Protests Planned Closure
- URL: https://bklyner.com/video-sheepshead-bay-h-s-protests-planned-closure-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2010-11-19T22:35:48.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-19T22:35:48.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: john dewey hs, #API-Imported

Several hundred students, teachers, parents and advocates packed into the front yard of Sheepshead Bay High School to [protest the proposed closing of the school](/sheepshead-bay-hs-rallies-to-oppose-closure/).

The students marched and held signs, and also chanted support for the school after a cheerleading demonstration revved up the crowd.

Councilman Lew Fidler, who represents the area around the school, spoke of what he saw as a foolish decision to close a school that boasted spirit and involvement, and blasted Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Education for the recent direction of the school system.

“Closing a school with the fight and the spirit that I see here today is about as mindless as appointing a [chancellor that has no education experience](/fidler-opposes-new-school-chief-cathie-black/),” he said. “Oh wait, they’re trying to do that, too.”

No final decision has been made yet about the school’s fate, and hearings must still be held. A decision is expected in mid-December.