District staff outline facility alignment process as enrollment declines continue
Senior staff told the board that long-term demographic trends and capacity analyses led a community task force and a steering committee to recommend closing multiple schools; an external demographer validated projections and staff emphasized stewardship of public funds.
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District staff framed the facility alignment recommendation as the outcome of a multi-stage process intended to align buildings to long-term enrollment shifts. Dr. McMullen summarized the work of a 125-person task force and a 20-person steering committee that analyzed about 35 data points per building (capacity, age, number of classrooms, walkability, transportation, projected expenditures) and recommended a range of elementary closures; staff then refined that to a final recommendation.
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