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SCHOOLKIDS’ BRIGHT FUTURE

Three new programs for super-smart Big Apple kids will open in September, two in Brooklyn, one in Queens.

All three of the current citywide accelerated programs which serve kids who score above the 97th percentile on the gifted and talented admissions exam are in Manhattan.

The new programs will start with children in kindergarten and the first grade.

Education officials hope to open more citywide programs next year in Eastern Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

There are also 128 district programs throughout the five boroughs that have a lower entrance cut-off score of 90 percent.