Tucson board votes to close 11 schools

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.