With the citywide educational panel poised to vote this week to close as many as 25 schools, NY1's Jeanine Ramirez takes a closer look at two schools on the chopping block in Brooklyn, including one the Bloomberg administration opened with much promise not too long ago.

The Academy of Business and Community Development only opened a few years ago, replacing a middle school that was shut down by the Department of Education. But the academy, known as the A.B.C.D. school, now faces the same fate.

"A.B.C.D. was opened in 2005 by Bloomberg himself. We have the proclamation hanging on the wall in the principal's office. And we haven't even had our first graduating class as of yet. They're slated to graduate this year. and they're already closing the doors come June 2012," A.B.C.D. PTA President Amalfia Mendinghall.

When it opened in Bedford-Stuyvesant, A.B.C.D. was touted as the city's first all-boys college preparatory school, serving grades six through 12. But the Department of Education says it's failing and should be shut down.

DOE officials say only 19 percent of students are performing on grade level in English and only 26 percent are on grade level in math. Parents say a quarter of the children are special needs students, but there are no enrichment programs and no library.

"They deserve the proper resources to help them get to the next level," said parent Kadijja McCord.

Over in Brownsville, IS 298 is on the list to be phased out, with a new school slated to take its place. Parents say it's a strategy that doesn't make sense.

"If they have some magic bean that they put into these new schools once they close the old ones, and just re-open up the school that's going to make it work and be successful, then whatever that formula is they just need to use it in our schools as they exist to help them turnaround. that is a reform," said Portia Armstrong of the Coalition for Educational Justice.

Students in phase out schools also face another hurdle as transferring out can be difficult.

"If you're a parent who's concerned that this is a school that they've deemed as failing, then I don't want to keep my child there, you're still forced to keep your child there," said IS 298 PTA Member Natasha Capers.

"We're writing on the DOE website, we've got petitions signed, rallies, we're making phone calls. We're doing everything we can to get through to them," said A.B.C.D. PTA Secretary Tanya King.

Parents say they'll be at the meeting Thursday night and will be sure to have their say before the vote takes place. And with 25 schools on the list, the meeting is expected to be packed.