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Faced with declining student enrollment, the Carter County Board of Education will consider closing schools to save money.
A report presented to school board members last week outlined a population drop from 6,000 to 4,763 and suggested closing Little Milligan, Keenberg, Valley Forge and Unaka elementary schools and Cloudland High School.
The remaining students in the zones currently served by those schools would be redistributed to other schools.
Over the next five years, the suggestions as presented could shave more than $2 million off the county districtâs budget, which is currently $42 million.
No decision has yet been made, and the school board plans to discuss the proposal at its meeting on Feb. 18.