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Byline: Jen Aronoff
Mar. 5--The Claremont charter school set to close Friday was doomed when the partnership that had the potential to save it fell apart, officials say.
Visions Charter School had been plagued by low enrollment -- 59 students -- and a lack of money all year. But parents praised the school's individualized attention and caring staff, and faculty and board members remained optimistic the school could reinvent itself and succeed.
Instead, they learned late last week that Visions will close, and Catawba County will lose its only charter school.
"We went as long as we could," Visions board Chairman Lew Kelley said. "(But) our financial advisers called us the other day and said, 'Look, you guys can't make it. You're broke.' "
The news shocked and dismayed parents, who said they had no inkling things had gotten so bad and expected Visions to remain open until at least the end of the year.…