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What to do with a closed school
As the number of children falls, Japan closes several hundred public schools every year, many of them in rural areas. A closed school (廃校) is often the largest building in a village and a place full of memories, so its future is a sensitive local question. Common reuses include community centers, facilities for the elderly, lodging and outdoor-education centers, satellite offices for city companies, workshops, museums and local-produce processing; some buildings are demolished because of age and maintenance costs. National programs encourage municipalities to publish information on available closed schools and offer some funding for conversion. The grammar of this lesson is the grammar of public debate and news reporting: をめぐって, に反して, いかんで, に至るまで and とみられる.