Another faction worked with the District for several more years to re-open the closed school, which eventually succeeded five years after its original closure.

Consolidation of the district's administrative offices was proposed, as well as relocation to a closed elementary school.

The closed elementary school(s) were closed and reused for other town purposes.

It absorbed students from several other closed schools in that part of town.

Now the district has put additions on buildings and re-opened one of the closed schools that was being used for office space.

The closed schools will be sold to real estate developers who will use the schools and land to their discretion.

Also, there is a volunteer fire station, a closed school, and a pheasant farm.

Yeah, Cardinal thought, tell us about the closed schools or the growing hordes of homeless people, not to mention the crumbling health care system.

And the closed schools tended to be in predominantly poor and minority areas.

"Three schools out of 238 is not a lot," she said, adding that students from the closed schools could be sent to other Catholic schools.