D.C. Public Schools plans to close 13 schools at the end of the school year and another two one year later, Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced Thursday.

Five schools on the list of 20 Henderson originally proposed closing — Smothers Elementary School in Ward 7, Garrison Elementary School in Ward 2, Johnson Middle School in Ward 8, Francis Stevens Education Campus in Ward 2 and Malcolm X Elementary School in Ward 8 — will remain open.

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