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A high school senior says goodbye to his final year

For a Prior Lake High School senior, he saw this coming, but it doesn't make the hurt any less real.

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — Parker Jelen knew the news was likely coming, that schools would be closed for good this academic year.

But he held out hope.

Until Thursday.

Here is Parker's reaction, in his own words.

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