Mamdani Administration Mulls Closing Harlem High School With Declining Enrollment

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City is considering closing a small Harlem high school, the first in what could be a growing number of school merger and closure proposals this school year as the nation’s largest school system grapples with enrollment declines. Superintendent Fred Walsh, who oversees high schools supported by the nonprofit Urban Assembly, shared the proposal in a letter this week to families and staff at the Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce. “As of today, there are only 112 students enrolled at Global Commerce, a 39% decrease in enrollment over the last five years,” Walsh wrote, according to a copy of the Tuesday letter obtained by Chalkbeat. “This presents significant programmatic and budgetary challenges that directly impact students. The proposal is not yet final, officials said. If the Education Department decides to move forward, they will post official closure do