By law, a BOE must hold public hearings before it can legally close a school.
While I think the county seat not having a high school is not an ideal situation, I think the "economic disaster" predicted by the opponents of AHS being closed is overblown. Two reasons:
1) In the late 1950's, when the current AHS facility opened, it was BARELY in the city limits. In fact, the northeastern edge of the property along Mountain Creek Road, bordered the city limit line. Although this non-central location was a disadvantage to youngsters in South and West Albemarle, AHS survived and even thrived.
2) If AHS is closed and students reassigned as proposed in Plan B, students on the north side of Main Street would be relocated to North Stanly. How far out of the current city limits is NSHS? According to Google Maps, it's 1.4 miles. I can't see 1.4 miles being far enough removed from the county seat to be a big factor in either the success or failure of the city's economy.