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Westport, Conn. teen creates phone app that predicts school closings with 84% accuracy

WSHU | By Kaomi Goetz

Published February 4, 2014 at 4:44 PM EST

A Westport, Connecticut teen has developed a mobile phone app that’s predicting school closings in Fairfield County with 84 percent accuracy.

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