Fashion Industries High SchoolThe 7,455 eighth grade students who did not get matched with a high school in the first round are scrambling to research their options and find a good fit. The Department of Education has given middle school counselors a list of schools with available space. Some schools have space for incoming 9th graders, others have 10th-grade spots -- and some have both (there's a key to decode the programs, but no way to discern the numbers of seats still open).

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