A clone of the Lower East Side school that has become one of the city's most sought-after schools in the seven years since it opened, Bard High School Early College II will offer the same rigorous academics and college courses as the original Bard school with a few improvements. In its first year, starting in the fall of 2008, Bard II will share a new building with several other schools in Elmhurst; in 2009, it will move to Long Island City.

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