Doo-Wop Legends Band Together To Save Jamaica High

Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, joined two fellow lawmakers — and Jamaica High School alums — at a rally Sunday to protest the closure of the landmark Queens educational institution. 

Assemblyman , D-Little Neck, and his brother, Councilman Mark Weprin, D-Oakland Gardens, attended the school, which boasts thousands of alumni who went on to careers in politics, science and the law. 

The elected officials introduced The Cleftones, a Doo-Wop group whose original members formed in the hallways of Jamaica High. 

Attendees at Sunday's rally sought to turn back the city Department of Education's second attempt to shutter the school, which has seen enrollment decline steadily through the years. 

A previous attempt to close Jamaica High was stalled by the courts in 2010. 

As part of their case to keep Jamaica High open, elected officials noted mounting concerns over the across northeast Queens.

According to Community District Education Council president Rob Caloras, the closure would definitely result in more students at Bayside High and possibly Benjamin N. Cardozo — both of which are operating near or at-capacity.