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TO GO WITH AFP STORY US-FINANCE-EDUCATION by Karin Zeitvogel The Middleburg Elementary school fourth grade class of Jean Bonner is seen on February 26, 2009 during a social studies lesson in Middleburg, Virginia. At the red brick primary school in this small Virginia town, 'A' could soon stand for 'axed' as local officials toy with shutting down the nearly 100-year-old school to cope with 'B' and 'C' -- budget cuts. Shutting the elementary school, the smallest in Loudoun County, and a handful of others could help to trim some 2.5 million dollars off the county budget, and that's why officials are considering closing the school that opened in 1911 and has seen generations of Virginians sit on its benches. AFP PHOTO/KARIN ZEITVOGEL (Photo credit should read Karin ZEITVOGEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid is airdropped in Gaza City on March 1, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. For months, aid workers have warned of an increasingly desperate situation for Gazan civilians, and on February 26 an official from the UN humanitarian office OCHA said widespread starvation was "almost inevitable". (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2017 file photo, Kevin Hart arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" in Los Angeles. Hart will host the 2019 Academy Awards, fulfilling a lifelong dream for the actor-comedian. Hart announced Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, his selection in an Instagram statement and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences followed up with a tweet that welcomed him "to the family." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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A Purple Line construction site in Riverdale on Feb. 29, 2024. Photo by Josh Kurtz.

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Then-Loudoun County Commonwealths Attorney Buta Biberaj speaks at a news conference in September 2021.(WTOP/Kristi King)

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