[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: The Other Public Meeting

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
The Other Public Meeting
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   I figured that the Chief and others would cover the DFL Magical Misery
   Tour's stop in Plymouth last night, so I went to the Sunny Hollow
   Public Hearing. Sunny Hollow will be closed this summer, then
   re-opened as the Districts Spanish Immersion (RSI) home. There were
   maybe 20 people there, not counting staff.
   As expected, most there were upset that they would now be going to
   Sonnesyn, Neill or elsewhere. Their rhetoric got a little heated, but
   nothing like at Pilgrim Lane a week ago. Also different was the
   considerable time spent on RSI, as if it would now continually remind
   them of what they lost. Charges that RSI is elitist were made, and a
   couple of them had some basis in fact.
   Otherwise, I didn't hear anything to make me think that closing Sunny
   Hollow as part of the K-5 plan is not correct, however sad for those
   who have helped make it successful.