There were 643 schools cited the year before.
In recent years, families have fought plans to close their struggling neighborhood schools, citing the schools' central role in building community.
Gaba recently persuaded Stanford to make simulation training — both scripted scenarios and mannequin practice — a requirement for medical students, something that many schools, citing financial considerations, have resisted.
The ruling, which has blocked the closing of 19 schools cited for poor performance, requires the city to start the process again.
Three years before, a report from a presidential commission declared the nation to be "at risk" because of underperforming schools, citing dipping test scores and frightening illiteracy.
Local officials are linked to the school boards, as is the teachers' union, which opposes Edison at two of the five schools, citing modest gains in test results.
Chancellor Crew said the board was working to make permanent repairs to all 237 schools cited in the 1996 memo and had repaired 98 other schools in recent months.
The teachers, polled by The Key – a membership organisation that provides management support for schools – cited cyberbullying and domestic violence as other big concerns.
In the meantime, Mr. Klein has aggressively eased the way for charter schools, citing their popularity — most have far more applicants than seats.
Gaba recently persuaded Stanford to make simulation training both scripted scenarios and mannequin practice a requirement for medical students, something that many schools, citing financial considerations, have resisted.
