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                <p>ASBURY PARK, N.J. – A central New Jersey elementary school that was renamed in honor of President Barack Obama last year will soon be closed.</p>
                <p>The state monitor who oversees financial operations for the Asbury Park School District cited declining enrollment for the decision announced Thursday.</p>
                <p>Monitor Bruce Rodman told the Asbury Park Press newspaper the Barack H. Obama elementary school will be closed July 1.</p>
                <p>The school was built more than a century ago and formerly was known as the Bangs Avenue School.</p>
                <p>Students who now attend classes there will be reassigned to the district's two other elementary schools for the next school year.</p>
                <p>The state's Schools Development Authority had planned to build a new school to replace the historic building, but those plans recently were canceled.</p>
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                <p>Information from: Asbury Park Press, <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_re_us/storytext/us_obama_school_closing/40719768/SIG=10k70j25i/*http://www.app.com">http://www.app.com</a></p>
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