Amid dropping enrollment, Colorado districts deciding what to do with closed schools

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By Ann Schimke , Melanie Asmar and Yesenia Robles | Chalkbeat Colorado

Construction workers in hardhats and safety vests bustled around the 7,000-square-foot Loveland building, installing fixtures and painting. It was late October, and they had two months to go before the grand opening.

Soon, the former Thompson School District preschool would become “The Landing,” the first shelter for homeless youth in northern Colorado. Leaders of the effort say the state-of-the-art-building will give young people ages 15 to 20 a safe place to live and receive services while they get their lives back on track.

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