After months of pushback from parents and community members, the Fulton County Board of Education has voted to close two under-attended elementary schools.
More than 60 supporters of East Point’s Parklane Elementary and Sandy Springs’ Spalding Drive Elementary made a final plea to keep both schools open.
City officials from College Park, East Point and Sandy Springs also voiced their opposition to closing the schools.
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