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Lynchburg board approves Phase 1 to close and repurpose T.C. Miller as early‑childhood center
Summary
After a public hearing with multiple parents and teachers urging the board to keep T. C. Miller open, the Lynchburg City Schools Board voted 6–3 to approve Phase 1 of an elementary efficiency plan that will close T. C. Miller as a K–5 school at the end of 2024–25 and repurpose it for early‑childhood and related services beginning 2025–26.
The Lynchburg City Schools Board voted 6–3 Wednesday to approve Phase 1 of an elementary efficiency plan that will close T. C. Miller Elementary School of Innovation as a K–5 school at the end of the 2024–25 school year and repurpose the building to house early‑childhood programs beginning the 2025–26 school year.
The change approved in Phase 1 would move pre‑K classrooms currently located at Paul Monroe, Perrymont and R. S. Payne into T. C. Miller (10 classrooms), relocate early‑childhood special education services to the building, and consolidate elementary alternative‑education programs there. The board also approved attendance‑zone changes: students in the Birchwood neighborhood would move from Perrymont Elementary to Darrington Elementary, and students in the Florida Avenue/Winston Ridge area would move from Heritage Elementary to William Bass Elementary.
Why it matters: board members who supported the plan said consolidating early‑childhood classes and specialized supports into one facility is more efficient and would allow the division to reallocate resources to other schools. Opponents and many parents argued the move would harm students…
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