Plans announced this week to close the College View State School at 1101 N. Goetz Blvd. mean its Joplin students could be attending the Oakview School in Monett.

The Missouri State Board of Education voted to close 12 of its Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled over the next two years, including the one in Joplin that serves nine students. It will close at the end of the 2025-26 school year. ×

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