Officials: 80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read

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**** This program needs to be brought back and allowed to operate on the original criteria to provide a “second chance” and to allow low income students falling slightly short of the cutoff to prove they could handle the workload and rigor and thus, qualify for admission.

I agree completely. This was a GREAT program. I know there have been other programs, on a much smaller scale, but the loss of this one was a shame.</p>