Currently, the town of Maplewood sends its elementary students to Oakwood Elementary School or Pine Hill Elementary School in the neighboring town of Brookfield. However, Maplewood will have its own elementary school next year. Therefore, Brookfield will have to close either Oakwood Elementary School or Pine Hill Elementary School next year. The argument above assumes that:

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the new school will not be filled to capacity for several years.

without the Maplewood students, Brookfield will have too few students for two schools.

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students will not transfer out of the district in the next twelve months.

the students from Maplewood represent a small proportion of the student body of the Brookfield schools.

Brookfield’s elementary schools have been overcrowded because of the extra students from Maplewood.

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The argument states that since Maplewood will have its own elementary school, Brookfield will need to close one of its schools. This implies that the closure is based on the assumption that without the students from…

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