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Board rejects plan to move Harrison Elementary seventh‑ and eighth‑graders to Emerson
Summary
A staff recommendation to reconfigure Harrison Elementary as a TK–6 campus and transfer its 7th–8th graders to Emerson Middle School failed on a 3–2 vote. The debate centered on enrollment trends, transportation costs and competing family preferences.
Pomona Unified School District trustees voted down a staff proposal to reconfigure Harrison Elementary to TK–6 and send seventh‑ and eighth‑grade students to Emerson Middle School, a motion that failed 3–2 at the district’s April 16 meeting.
The staff recommendation, presented by district administrator Fernando Mesa, would have kept Harrison as an elementary campus while providing district‑funded transportation to Emerson for families who remained in the Harrison attendance area. Mesa told the board the move was driven by student…
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