News Alert: District Reconsidering Closures
At the Nov. 19 school board meeting President Rankin declared that she did not see a path forward for the current school closure plan. Following a recess Superintendent Jones announced: “I am considering withdrawing my preliminary recommendation (for school closures).”
Your advocacy helped make this happen. THANK YOU.
We hope to see an official announcement withdrawing the closure plan in the near future.
This is a major accomplishment, but there is more work to do.
Now more than ever, our efforts to organize and advocate for state level education funding are needed. Let us continue this work, together…
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Keeping up with all the news regarding school closures and the district’s “well-resourced school” plan is difficult. We get it. That’s why we’ve curated a quick digest of the facts regarding the issue. We’ve also included the latest decision-making timeline shared by the district.