[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: The Final Countdown 5: The Decision

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
The Final Countdown 5: The Decision
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1232520908.shtml


   It's over. The District 281 School Board tonight (Tuesday) adopted the
   Wold Consulting recommendation to close three schools this fall. They
   are Pilgrim Lane Elementary, Sunny Hollow Elementary, and Sandburg
   Middle School. Actually, Sunny Hollow will be the new home of the K-5
   Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion (RSI) program. And Sandburg will be
   re-purposed to consolidate auxiliary programs like Community
   Education.
   The vote was 6-1, the 1 preferring another option that had a major
   flaw, to create a mega-elementary school within the old Robbinsdale
   High School building.
   There's no need to conduct a post-morten on the decision. The process
   is another matter, as it seemed a bit too detailed, too many times.
   The next round is ten years out at the earliest, so I'll just say that
   Board meetings are the wrong settings for extended discussion like we
   saw tonight.