MANITOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) - Big changes are coming to Manitowoc as the public school district looks for ways to right size amid declining student enrollment.

Community members gathered at the district office on Tuesday night to learn more about a committee recommendation designed to help the district operate more efficiently despite its declining enrollment.

The committee recommendation calls for the district to close two of its elementary schools and re-purpose its middle schools. One of the middle schools would be for fifth and sixth graders and the other would be for seventh and eighth graders.

The committee recommendation didn't specify which schools would close. It's up to district staff to determine that based on a number of factors including the age of the school, the amount of defe

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