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Seven public schools in Orange County could be shuttered at the end of this academic year as the school district grapples with a sharp drop in student enrollment .

The schools are: Union Park Middle School and Bonneville, Chickasaw, Eccleston, Meadow Woods, McCoy and Orlo Vista elementary schools, a school board member and the district’s teachers union confirmed Tuesday.

Each school currently enrolls only about half the students they have room for, with Union Park, the most empty one on the list, enrolling about 560 students on a campus meant for more than 1,400.

The Orange County School Board is to meet Tuesday to discuss the seven campuses, the “impacts of declining enrollment” and “space optimization strategy.”

If the schools are close

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