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More than 900 city classrooms repeatedly tested positive for lead paint over the past five years ? amounting to what one expert calls a ?ticking time bomb? that?s waiting to poison kids.

A classroom at PS 188 The Island School in Manhattan?s Alphabet City neighborhood racked up the highest number of positive tests ? 178 ? during a series of four inspections between Feb. 5, 2015, and June 17, 2019, according to Department of Education records obtained by The Post.

During three of the visits to classroom 201, including the most recent, safety inspectors found lead in the light-blue paint covering a cabinet and its doors, the records show.

Another classroom, at PS 165 Ida Posner in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was flagged a total of 159 times during five inspections between Dec. 30, 2014, and May 16, 2018.

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