Voters will decide in two weeks whether the remaining doors in the Albion School District will close for good.
The district closed the high school back in 2013. It only teaches kids from kindergarten through 5th grade.
And soon the halls of Albion Community School could be permanently empty.
"In our community we have roughly 1,300 children who live in this community only 300 of them actually go to Albion Public School," said Amy Robertson, president of Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce.
In 2013, the school board voted to close the high school because of a million dollar deficit, causing families to leave the district.
"As the parents are leaving the community with their children, we have smaller and smaller resources available to run a school district," Robertson explains. "Due to that financial collapse we've had to get rid of all programming."
Before any more students leave, the school board wants to join the neighboring district of Marshall.
"Our children are experiencing a not solid education and in a way you can call it separate but not equal," Robertson said.
The few families against the annexation tell Fox 47 News if the decision is supported then the community will be divided but the superintendent for Marshall School District tells us otherwise.
"I'm committed," said Marshall School District superintendent Dr. Randy Davis. "I'm committed and so is my board in making sure we keep a community centered school operating in the Albion community. It's very critical."
If the community votes yes, Davis says he will keep a school in Albion to primarily focus on pre-k through 5th grade.
"It will be every bit as strong as the other three elementary we offer in Marshall," Davis said. "And with that we hope that the community is going to become real invested in their public school system."
Davis is hoping the vote for yes on May 3rd will bring students back to Albion to stay.
