The Department of Education plans to close a struggling Bronx high school that is under investigation by the city over allegations that it gave students credits for classes they never took.

Staff members at Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers, a large high school in the South Bronx near Yankee Stadium, received news Thursday morning that the Department of Education planned to phase out the school for poor performance, pending a vote by the Panel for Educational Policy before the end of the year.

Last year, the school received an F on its progress report from the city, and in recent weeks it has made headlines for what one teacher called "double dipping," the practice of giving students credits for classes they did not take. The school's teachers union chapter leader, Stephen Tavano, said that students who took cosmetology classes were given credit for chemistry, though there are no chemistry classes offered.

The school had a graduation rate of 45 percent.

The school's principal, Sharron Smalls, is being investigated over claims that she required school employees to pay for parking spaces and failed to report students' suspensions.

Bill Colavito, a senior fellow at the Center for Educational Innovation, which offers the school support services, said the school's possible closing did not come as a surprise.

"It is a long-suffering school," he said. "It’s had a diminished population over the last couple of years and, at best, a dysfunctional culture because of the contention between the administration and the faculty."

Jane Addams High is one of 47 schools the Department of Education is considering closing. Education officials plan to release the names of the schools they intend to close over the next two days.