this school. overcrowding the students, do what you promise to do, stop wasting our money. the crowd was enough to sway the board to vote to keep the school open next year. if the board closed the school it would have saved $380,000 a year but the district would have to spend 1.5 million to move the students and build portables on three campuses. i was surprised i think that the energy, the 200 people that were there tonight, moved the board, gave them the understanding and impression this was a important decision to the residents. i was glad to see the board wasn t willing to waste $1.5 million. next school year when the school bell rings. reporter: he wants to use the 1.5 million to make improvements. old richmond school, needs a lot of help. they have an asphalt play yard. reporter: the final decision is made by state trustee. she said she will keep it open for one more year but the school board plans to meet with the state superintendent to hopefully chang