Why are so many public schools closing?

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  NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Waylon Wong.

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  And I'm Adrienne Ma.

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  A few years ago, Taylor E. Yogo's family relocated from Washington, D.C. to Atlanta, Georgia.

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  Taylor wanted to find a home near a good school for her daughter.

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  And Taylor took this research really seriously.

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  I'm one of those people.

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  I comb the data.

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  I look at school performance, particularly for black children.

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  Taylor found a public school she really liked, Westmanner Elementary School in Southwest Atlanta.

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  Her daughter started going there in kindergarten and it's been great.

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  Westmanner is a place where the teachers and the staff, they know the kids by name every single one.

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  They know the parents, the grandparents,

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  the aunties and uncles that come to pick them up whenever there's a a holiday celebration,

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  the auditorium is packed with families.

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  But Taylor heard a disturbing rumor at her daughter's kindergarten graduation in the spring.

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  Westmanner might be closed as part of a broader effort by Atlanta Public Schools to address declining enrollment.

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  And it turns out it wasn't just a rumor.

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  The district is considering closing some schools.

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  And it's not just Taylor's school in Atlanta that's potentially on the chopping block.

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