Families and staff at three Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools facing possible closure got some good news Thursday when district staff said the board might only have to close one school.
Since January, hundreds of people have filled CHCCS school board meetings to advocate for Ephesus, Glenwood and Seawell elementary schools as the board wrestled with closing two because of tight budgets and declining enrollment.
But recent enrollment data, which incorporates pending and future housing construction, painted a less dire picture. It shows Ephesus and Glenwood at about 100% of capacity by 2036, and Seawell lagging behind at roughly 81% capacity…