By Javier C. Hernandez, The New York Times, March 18, 2009

A school that officials are billing as a kind of hybrid between a high school and a community college is set to open in Brooklyn this fall.

At the five-year secondary school, called the City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, graduating students would receive both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree.

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