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Tucson board votes to close 11 schools

Dec. 21, 2012
3 schools that were on closing list will remain open

From The Arizona Daily Star: The Tucson (Ariz.) school board has approved closing 11 schools for the 2013-14 school year, but saved three others from being shuttered. The closures are part of an effort to bridge a $17 million budget shortfall. The schools that will be closed: Brichta Elementary, Carson Middle, Corbett Elementary, Fort Lowell/Townsend K-8, Hohokam Middle, Howenstine High Magnet, Lyons Elementary, Maxwell Middle, Menlo Park Elementary, Schumaker Elementary and Wakefield Middle. The three schools spared, all elementaries: Sewell, Manzo and Cragin.

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