Just one day after it was announced that six city schools would be shut down or phased out, two more schools were added to the chopping block Wednesday.

The Department of Education announced that Far Rockaway High School in Queens and PS 220 in the Bronx have been added to the list.

All the schools being shut down received Ds or Fs on the city's first school report cards.

At P.S. 101 in East Harlem, where parents were alerted of the phasing out yesterday, there was mixed reaction to the news.

"Now our children can get a better education,” said parent Marie Hines. “We get better teachers and a better understanding of what's going on. When the parents come in and ask questions, they can get real answers."

"About nine, ten years, I have sent to school my other children· [two daughters] to the same school. I have no complaint or nothing,” said parent Anwar Jehan. “It's a very nice school. I don't know what ever happened for it to close."

The five other schools that will be shut down are:

Manhattan

The Tito Puente Education Complex in Manhattan

Academy of Environmental Science Secondary Middle School in Manhattan

Brooklyn

EBC East New York HS for Public Safety and Law in Brooklyn

Bronx

Business School for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Bronx

PS 79 in Bronx

Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the closings.

"We just can't sit here and let a school that does not do what it is supposed to do continue on its merry way. That's, I think, one of the mistakes that was made in the past," said the mayor.

But the city's public advocate is blasting the closings.

In a statement, Betsy Gotbaum said the Department of Education should hold public hearings before closing any additional schools, adding· "These closings have a devastating and destabilizing effect on the community. The DOE shouldn't make these decisions without input from parents and the larger community and they shouldn't announce the closing via flyers stuffed into kids' backpacks. "

Elementary schools on the list will close at the end of the year, and will later reopen, possibly under new administrations.

Middle and high schools will stop accepting new students and will be phased out when current students graduate.

There have been no firings yet, but the DOE says principals at the eight schools could still face that — a reason their union blasted last month's report cards. However, Tuesday, their union changed their tune, saying, "We will be working together with the [United Federation of Teachers] and the DOE to minimize disruptions and make sure these schools and their students are properly supported over the coming months and years."

The city says up to 14 other schools could face closure before the end of the year.

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