entire system. we spoke to the principal of the school and she said this is unreal. why is carston's being shut down? because the area has been abandoned. very few people actually live in that area and tony, that's a major factor behind all of this closing because so many people would be moving out of detroit or moving their children out of the public school system. 84,000 kids right now, the projection is that could drop by one-third over the next four years. the whole idea here is to save $31 million by all these school closings and these would happen in june at end of this current school year and what they really want to achieve, a graduation rate of 98% within five years. right now it's 58% graduating from high school, a long way to go, but the people behind this plan are saying they want detroit to be known as the fastest-improving school district in the entire nation. >> allan chernoff for us.