IT IS 5:30.

HERE'S IS WHAT HAPPENING

STUDENTS WALK OUT OF THE

CAMDEN SCHOOL APE MARCH TO THE

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

THEY ARE FIGHT TO GO KEEP

THEIR SCHOOL, OPENED.

VETERANS MEMORIAL FAMILY

SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE TWO

SCHOOLS THAT THE DISTRICT SAYS

WILL CLOSE AT THE EVEN OF THE

YEAR TODAY THOSE STUDENT HEARD

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO

TOLD THEM WHY.

NATASHA BROWNIES LIVE IN THE

SAT CENTER WITH MORE ON THE

STORY WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING

FOR DAYS NOW, NATASHA.

REPORTER: STUDENT IN CAMDEN

STAGED A VOCAL PROTEST AFTER

WALKING OUT OF THEIR SCHOOL

AND WALKING DIRECTLY TO THE

SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE.

THEY ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS ON

WHY THEIR SCHOOL IS CLOSING.

STUDENTS LED THEIR CHANTS AND

SIGNS DO THE TALKING AS THEY

MARCHED FROM VETERANS MEMORIAL

SCHOOL TO THE CAMDEN CITY

BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE.

PARENTS AND STUDENT ARE

OUTRAGED THAT THE SCHOOL

DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE

VETERANS MEMORIAL SCHOOLS AND

BEGIN A TO DO A WAY WITH

ACADEMY IN EAST CAMDEN.

THE RT CREAM SCHOOL WILL BE

CLOSED AS WELL.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO IN

THE BUILDING.

THEY WANTED THEIR QUESTIONS

ANSWERED BY THE

SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THEY DECIDED TO PROTEST.

I THINK IT IS WRONG.

WE NEED ANSWERS.

REPORTER: PARENTS AND

STUDENTS DEMANDING ANSWERS

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.

IT IS OKAY.

REPORTER: THE SCHOOL

SUPERINTENDENT, DID COME OUT

TO ADDRESS THE CROWD OF

CONCERNED PROTESTERS.

APPLAUDING THEIR ACTIVISM

WHILE EXPLAINING THE DECISION

TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

BUT THE DECISION IS BECAUSE

THERE ARE LOTS OF REPAIRS,

THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, TO THE

BUILDING THAT YOU ARE IN, AND

WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS AN

OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A DUAL

LANGUAGE ACADEMY.

REPORTER: DISTRICT

OFFICIALS SAY CURRENT VETERANS

BUILD WOULD GO REQUIRE 14

MILLION-DOLLAR IN REPAIRS AND

RENOVATIONS.

NOT A VIABLE OPTION IN AN

ALREADY BUDGET STRAPPED

DISTRICT.

EVEN AFTER ADDRESSING THE

CROWD, LITTLE CHANGED, FOR

STUDENT WHO DON'T WANT THEIR

SCHOOL TO CLOSE.

I DON'T LIKE IT WHATSOEVER.

THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR HOME.

MOST OF US HAVE BEEN HERE

SINCE PRESCHOOL.

THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE LIVES.

IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT

MORE COMPLICATED FOR ME.

I WILL TO HAVE TRAVEL MAYBE A

MILE OR TWO TO TAKE MY CHILD

TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL.

REPORTER: BEGINNING IN

2019/20 SCHOOL YEAR ALL

VETERANS STUDENTS WILL ATTEND

DAVID SCHOOL OR THE DUAL

LANGUAGE ACADEMY AT CRAMMER

SCHOOL.

DISTRICT IS STILL WORKING TO

CLOSE THE 26.7 MILLION-DOLLAR

BUDGET GAP FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS VERY LATEST FROM THE