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Changing Demographics Most Likely Reason for Closings

Why now? That was the question many parents of St. Clement High School students were asking this week when they learned the Archdiocese of Detroit had included the Center Line school on a list of closings.

Macomb County Planning Director Steve Cassin believes the closures are most likely a matter of demographics. As more people decide to live in the county's northern suburbs, the need for more services arises.

"It absolutely isn't just a parochial school problem, you see some public schools closing down as the student population declines," Cassin said Wednesday.

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