COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Columbus City School Board voted Tuesday on the future of nine schools – five of which will close – and now we’re getting to speak to the woman tasked with leading the district.  Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman knows change is hard, but wants the community to have clarity about the vote and know there will be public engagement about the process moving forward.  Columbus board approves school closures The board voted Tuesday to keep four buildings open --- the one that houses the Columbus Preparatory School for Boys, as well as Fairwood, Lindbergh, and North Linden elementary schools. Members also voted to close five schools -- Moler, Broadleigh, and West Broad elementary schools, Buckeye Middle School, and the building home to Columbus Alternative High School, also known as CAHS.  Chapman used Broadleigh as an example of how to move forward with community engagement.  "We'll be meeting specifically, not district-wide, with, you know, thousands of community members, but we'll be meeting specifically with students, staff, and families that attend Broadleigh Elementary School so that they can have voice, agency, and choice and take part in the decisionmaking that impacts their future,” she said.  Bill to charge Ohio teachers would combat ‘obscene’ classroom books, lawmaker says Chapman also said part of the decision to close buildings is to teach students in classrooms of today -- with new upgrades and technology. She pointed to CAHS, which has a college preparatory program housed in an outdated building that opened in the late 1920s.  Columbus City School Board President Christina Vera joined Chapman in stressing that a vote on what will happen to displaced students did not happen Tuesday.  “These facilities are no longer serving the needs of our students, the needs of our teachers, the conditions, the environment that we want our students to learn in,” Chapman said.  Right now, no buildings will close until at least the 2026-2027 school year.  Columbus housing crisis: Surge in storage unit ‘living’ raises concerns and debate As far as what will happen to students at that time, there are several options already on the table, and they came from Chapman’s facilities task force.  One of those proposals for CAHS is to move the college preparatory program to East High School, a building with a storied and rich history.  Vera and Chapman said any decisions will involve community feedback.  Vera graduated from the old Brookhaven High School, a sports powerhouse with its own extensive history. She was asked about how the decision to close Brookhaven might factor into conversations about the future of schools like East High.  DNA evidence leads to arrest in Franklin County 1992 killing of 19-year-old woman “Recognizing that that facility no longer served its purpose as Brookhaven, but now serves as international high school and global, which is providing a lot of great services and programs for the students of Columbus today,” she said. “So, you know, as we're thinking about, you know, the future of footprint of this district, we're also thinking about ways that we can incorporate opportunities to honor and celebrate buildings and programs that are no longer physically still here.”  Both district leaders said the buildings marked for closure are all outdated and don’t support learning for today’s students.  Watch the full interview with Chapman and Vera at the top of this story.