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Breaking: Southwest Atlanta Schools May Close, Merge Under 2012 Plan

Cascade Patch sources say several southwest Atlanta elementary schools are on the Atlanta Schools' drawing board for mergers and closings.

Several southwest Atlanta elementary schools are on the Atlanta Schools' drawing board for mergers and closings, according to sources with the Atlanta Public Schools system.

At a meeting Tuesday evening at Douglass High School, APS officials presented four comprehensive scenerios for closing or merging schools across the district. Included in several scenerios were the following southwest Atlanta-area schools:

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