The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it plans to close seven more schools -- mostly elementary and middle -- for poor performance. An additional two schools will lose their middle school grades: PS 156 in Queens and Academy for Social Action: A College Board School in Harlem, where the high school will remain open despite posting an F on its Progress Report.

The announcement brings to 24 the number of closures announced this week. Pending approval by the Panel on Education Policy, the schools will not accept new students, although current students will be allowed to stay until graduation for all except MS 45 and Freedom Academy which will close in June. New schools, with new leadership and new staff, will be housed in the old buildings.

Just four years ago, the Performance School in the South Bronx replaced another failing elementary school. But low test scores and attendance persisted at the school and it will be closed too. Fewer than 15 percent of the students met grade level standards on state math and reading exams in 2012.

About 32 low-performing schools were saved from the ax, including several large, historic high schools: Flushing High School in Queens, George Westinghouse in downtown Brooklyn, Boys and Girls High School in Bed Stuy, and DeWitt Clinton in the Bronx.   Although these schools were threatened with closure, after visits and conversations with school communities this fall, the DOE decided to develop what it calls an "action plan” to improve them instead. There is no guarantee that these schools will continue to survive, however: many of the schools on this year's closure list, last year were on the list to get "targeted action" for improvement.

The closure plans must be approved by the Panel for Education policy but the panel rarely, if ever, rejects DOE proposals.

Here is the list of schools to be closed, announced on Tuesday. Monday's list of closures is here.

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04M013

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J.H.S. 013 Jackie Robinson

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MS

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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05M367

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Academy for Social Action: A College Board School

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SS

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Truncation of MS

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Day 2

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07X385

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Performance School

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ES

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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09X230

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P.S. 230 Dr Roland N. Patterson

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ES

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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12X050

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P.S. 050 Clara Barton

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ES

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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19K174

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P.S. 174 Dumont

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K-8

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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23K073

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P.S. 073 Thomas S. Boyland

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K-8

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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29Q156

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P.S. 156 Laurelton

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K-8

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Truncation of MS

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Day 2

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29Q496

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Business, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School

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HS

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Phase Out

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Day 2

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And, here is the list of the 32 schools that the DOE offer "intensive assistance" to improve student performance.

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DBN

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School Name

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Grade Level

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05M133

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P.S. 133 Fred R Moore

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ES

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06M132

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P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte

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ES

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07X154

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P.S. 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt

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ES

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07X369

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Young Leaders Elementary School

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ES

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09X132

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P.S. 132 Garret A. Morgan

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ES

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12X006

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P.S. 006 West Farms

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ES

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12X300

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The School of Science and Applied Learning

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ES

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13K067

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P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey

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ES

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19K224

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P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff

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ES

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23K165

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P.S. 165 Ida Posner

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K-8

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08X125

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J.H.S. 125 Henry Hudson

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MS

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08X375

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The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School

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MS

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11X272

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Globe School for Environmental Research

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MS

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17K334

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Middle School for Academic and Social Excellence

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MS

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28Q008

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J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley

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MS

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29Q059

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I.S. 059 Springfield Gardens

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MS

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32K291

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J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes

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MS

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32K349

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I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.

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MS

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10X243

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West Bronx Academy for the Future

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SS

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14K071

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Juan Morel Campos Secondary School

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SS

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04M409

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Coalition School for Social Change

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HS

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08X332

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Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research

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HS

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09X276

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Leadership Institute

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HS

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09X412

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Bronx High School of Business

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HS

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10X438

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Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology

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HS

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10X440

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DeWitt Clinton High School

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HS

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13K605

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George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School

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HS

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14K322

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Foundations Academy

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HS

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16K455

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Boys and Girls High School

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HS

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25Q460

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Flushing High School

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HS

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12X480

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Bronx Regional High School

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HST

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17K489

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W.E.B. Dubois Academic High School

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HST

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