BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – In a county where the population is growing overall, some communities are actually considering consolidating schools, not building more.

Brevard Public Schools says an aging population in some areas means there are fewer kids going to school there.

News 6 highlighted the issue in April when the Rockledge community feared McNair Middle School could close .

Now, Cape Canaveral Community Correspondent James Sparvero found out the district is considering closing Cape View Elementary School in Cape Canaveral and sending the 270 students to Roosevelt Elementary seven miles away in Cocoa Beach.

At a school board work session on September 23, the district said both schools are only half-full, and all of the students wind up anyways at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School w

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