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Staff tells Chapel Hill‑Carrboro school board the study supports considering at most one elementary‑school closure
Summary
District staff presented a 104‑page school‑closure study and recommended the board consider zero or one elementary closure, citing slowed enrollment decline, program‑capacity analysis and uncertain capital funding; the board set a public hearing for May 21 and may decide by June 4.
District staff presented a study of three elementary schools under consideration for closure and recommended the board consider at most one school for closure, saying new housing analysis and program‑capacity work make multiple closures unnecessary at this time.
Mr. Ciarochi, who presented the report, summarized the study's scope and data sources — including Carolina Demography, NC State program‑capacity inventories and prior Wolpert facility work — and emphasized the distinction between statutorily required criteria and board‑requested analyses. He said Carolina Demography's housing work reduced the projected elementary decline to about 111 students over a 10‑year period and urged the board to focus on…
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