SINCE BEEN ADDRESSED. >> THERE'S A RENEWED INTEREST IN CLOSING SOME SCHOOLS WITH LOW ENROLLMENT IN WESTERN MARYLAND. NOW THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS THE COMMUNITY MAY NEED TO RECONSIDER SHUTTING HANCOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CASCADE ELEMENTARY BACK IN 2021 THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE SCHOOLS WHERE MOMENT WAS BELOW 60% OF CAPACITY. THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE AGAINST THIS. THERE'S NO NEED, THEY SAY, TO REVISIT A PROPOSAL THAT PARENTS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST. >> WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE PARENTS CAME AND TALKED TO US AND GAVE US VERY GOOD REASONS WHY WE SHOULDN'T CLOSE THOSE SCHOOLS AND WE LISTENED. AND SO WE'RE NOT CLOSING THOSE SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM OPEN FOR THE COMMUNITIES. >> AND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT