After two public hearings where parents and students pleaded their case, the Department of Education's Panel for Educational Policy has voted to shut nine Bronx schools.

Barring any court action that could overturn the decision, the panel voted to shut: School for Community Research and Learning; Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men; New Day Academy; Monroe Academy; John F. Kennedy High School; and Christopher Columbus High.

The panel also decided to close Global Enterprise High School, P.S. 102, and Performance Conservatory High School.

One teacher at P.S. 102, in Parkchester, charged one employee from the district office knew the decision before the vote, claiming the insider told her, "It's a done deal."

The teacher said the blame rests at the foot of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's door at City Hall, charging, "He hates teachers and he hates unions."

Teachers at P.S. 102 say 20 teachers and 11 office workers or security guards have been fired or forced to resign since Principal Tanyua Trezevantte took over in 2006.

Teachers at the school, which serves 900 students, also charge Principal Trezevantte with mismanagement as the reason for the school's "C" grade.

The teachers claim that textbook funds have been withheld and a room full of new books remains cluttering dust, forcing teacher's to borrow or buy their own supplies.

Police arrested 25 people at the first hearing on Jan. 31, including Brooklyn Councilman Charles Baron (D-District 42).

If a court injunction is not imposed, many of the schools will be phased out over time and replaced with charter schools.