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Students, parents press Santa Fe board on Mandela rebuild, Early Childhood Center and locked bathrooms
Summary
Public commenters at the Feb. 27 Santa Fe Public Schools meeting urged the board to address Mandela High School rebuild plans they say reduce permanent classrooms, asked the district to preserve the Early Childhood Center and requested that student restrooms at Santa Fe High School be unlocked.
Students and parents told the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education on Feb. 27 that proposed plans for Mandela High School reduce permanent classroom space and retain portable classrooms, and they urged the board to protect the district’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) and reconsider locked student restrooms at Santa Fe High School.
Lucas Robbins, the student representative who spoke in person, said he participated in a meeting with architects and that the plans the district presented are “essentially the final plans before construction will begin” and still do not meet student needs. "The main student concern with the new building was that we were losing classrooms," Robbins said. "The new school does not address this concern. It keeps our portables, which were designed to be temporary classroom spaces implemented seven years ago." Robbins said students and teachers have been affected…
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