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https://www.wsj.com/articles/public-schools-lost-more-than-one-million-students-during-pandemic-11672881798
Cities develop plans to shut down underused schools
Public schools in the U.S. have lost more than a million students since the start of the pandemic, prompting some districts across the country to close buildings because they don’t have enough pupils or funding to keep them open.
The school board in Jefferson County, Colo., outside Denver, voted in November to close 16 schools. St. Paul, Minn., last summer closed five schools. The Oakland, Calif., school board last February voted to close seven schools after years of declining enrollment and financial strife.
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Leigha Pecora