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SUSD to close Copper Ridge K-8 and Laguna Prep schools

Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. , Oct. 7.

Copper Ridge K-8 School and Laguna Prep will close at the end of the current school year.

The Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board voted 3-2 on Oct. 6 to close the two schools as Phase II of a plan to rightsize the district’s footprint in the face of shrinking enrollment and inadequate state funding.

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