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Pasadena Waldorf asks Duarte Unified to temporarily host displaced students; board directs superintendent to study feasibility and costs
Summary
Public speakers from the Pasadena Waldorf School asked Duarte Unified to temporarily host their displaced students at the vacant Andres Duarte campus after a Jan. 7 fire destroyed the Waldorf site; the board directed the superintendent to study legal and financial feasibility and return with a cost estimate before authorizing outside counsel or expenditures.
Public speakers from the Pasadena Waldorf School (PWS) asked the Duarte Unified School District board on Feb. 13 to allow PWS to temporarily use the vacant Andres Duarte Elementary campus after a Jan. 7 fire destroyed PWS’s main Altadena campus.
The school’s representatives — including Pasadena Waldorf Board President David Volstead, pedagogical administrator Erin Shemin Walsh and several parents and alumni — described a community displaced across multiple sites and said they sought a short-term (roughly six to 12 month) site where children could re-establish a single daily hub for classes and social supports. Several parents said the school community’s social-emotional services and continuity of instruction depend on students having one site to gather each day.
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