2 elementaries to close in Littleton, Colo.

Despite the impassioned pleas of parents, teachers and community members, theLittleton (Colo.) school board has voted to close two elementary schools. Board members, citing a projected $4 million budget shortfall for next school year, say they had no other choice. About 150 people showed up at a school board meeting to persuade the board not to shutter Ames and Whitman elementary schools because of low enrollment.
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