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Columbia Heights to close select grades to open enrollment as several schools near capacity

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The board approved closing Highland Elementary kindergarten, Valley View third grade and Columbia Heights High School grades 9, 10 and 12 to open enrollment for 2025–26 (or until numbers decrease), citing capacity thresholds and weekly enrollment monitoring.

The Columbia Heights Public Schools board voted to close Highland Elementary kindergarten, Valley View Elementary grade 3 and Columbia Heights High School grades 9, 10 and 12 to open enrollment for the 2025–26 school year or until enrollment numbers decrease.

Superintendent Stembeck told the board she had forecasted that Valley View grade 3 and several high school grades were at or near capacity and that Highland kindergarten enrollment prompted staff to recommend…

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