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Amid enrollment declines, how should districts handle school closures?

Public school enrollment is declining in many N.C. districts, and with it, state funding. At the same time, school facility construction costs are “dwarfing local capacity to meet the need,” one expert said. When districts are forced to close schools, what happens?

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