The district says it is facing declining enrollment and must act, but parents are pushing back.
The issues have particularly impacted elementary schools, while high schools populations have largely stayed the same.
Hogan told the school board that as a third option, closing Millcreek Elementary , which had 305 students, along with the other two, was “the most balanced option.”, objected that under the board’s plan, “you are forcing and busing kids out of their neighborhoods and communities.” The parents said they feel Granite instead looked at closing schools in minority neighborhoods. At the other two schools also suggested for closure but not ultimately chosen — Moss and Lincoln — the numbers of minority students are even higher. Moss has 73% students of color; Lincoln has 79%.
“That’s just not captured in your studies,” he told the school board. Hogan said the dual immersion program would be combined with the existing Spanish program at William Penn Elementary where Millcreek students who go with the closure.She noted that many families were celebrating
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