COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus City Schools are considering closing four additional schools to save money and comply with impending legislation.
At a special board of education meeting Thursday night, school leaders discussed new possibilities for reducing the district’s budget by $50 million annually. CCS may close four additional schools and reassign students to other facilities to better distribute class sizes across buildings.
Superintendent Angela Chapman said she knows changes will be difficult, but they are necessary to prioritize learning amid federal and state cuts to school funding.
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CCS would save more than $3 million each year by closing Como and Fairwood elementaries, Duxberry Arts Impact and Columbus Gifted Academy. These closures would be in addition to the five schools the school board voted to close in December…