SCSD plan: Close Levy School, cut jobs

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Story By Michael Benny
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:23 p.m. Last updated: Today at 7:00 AM

In a plan the Superintendent calls balanced, but terrible, Syracuse Schools would close Levy School on the city's east side and eliminate 223 jobs.

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