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Parent Latasha Burrell — who has children in sixth and 10th grades at Democracy Prep — said Wednesday that she is “baffled and shocked” by the decision to close the high school.“It was a shock, of course, because this came out of nowhere,” she said. Burrell said her son, who is in high school, is distraught and wanted to graduate from Democracy Prep.