The Columbus Board of Education has appointed 28 people to a community task force that will make recommendations to the board in four months on which schools to close and consolidate.
Those appointed to the task force represent a cross-section of the community, and include the president of the Columbus teachers union, religious leaders, a Near East Side barber and community leader, representatives of Columbus City Council and Mayor Andrew Ginther, five students and even some nonresidents of the district.
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