mike conneen joins us outside the fairfax county courthouse. -- clewiston elementary. >> parents are angry about the closure and are not willing to wait until the school board election in 2011 to show their frustration. they filed a lawsuit at the fairfax county circuit court hoping to challenge the school board decision. >> it is too important. >> the parents believe the fairfax county school board violated virginia law. they claim the board members made the decision to close it too quickly and the reasons keep changing. >> i am not naive to believe there was not another agenda to close it. >> parents have taken their case to the internet and local newspaper editorials in a media campaign. >> one thing that brings this large community together. >> the board voted to close the school in july. board members decided renovation costs, increasing enrollment projections, safety concerns, and water quality. parents say those issues are exaggerated or solvable. >> we brought the fax to the school board. -- facts. >> parents hoped the lawsuit will be enough to stop the closure and save their

clewiston parents are angry about the school board decision to close the school. -- clifton elementary parents. a fairfax county circuit court judge later this morning will hear a lawsuit that challenges the board's vote in july to close clifton elementary which was built in 1953. the board members mentioned decreasing enrollment projections, safety concerns from well water, and renovation costs. parents say that the qur'an school board made the decision too quickly and that the school board has changed the reasons for the closure. the official closing is still years away, depending on a school board boundaries study. the school board meeting is an 11:00 today and parents and students are expected to attend. >>> montgomery county may be facing more painful budget cuts. county executive isolated said the county faces a $200 million budget gap next year. that is up from the $145 million estimate over the summer. lost revenue from the defeated ambulance fee referendum is part of a problem. he plans to release a savings plan in december. >>> metro is investigating an incident in which a mo