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Polk board gives consensus to relocate Alta Vista to Scenic Terrace and add sixth grade next year
Summary
The Polk County School Board agreed by consensus in a May 6 work session to relocate Alta Vista to the vacant Scenic Terrace campus and open sixth grade next year, with a rolling plan to add seventh and eighth in subsequent years and follow-up work on attendance zones and busing.
Polk County School Board members gave consensus May 6 for Superintendent Jacob Hyde to move forward with relocating Alta Vista to the Scenic Terrace campus and to add sixth grade in the 2025–26 school year.
Board Chair William Allen said staff held a community forum at Alta Vista and surveyed parents and staff; he told the board parents and staff were overwhelmingly receptive to the move. Hyde said he will begin communicating with families and staff immediately and has drafted letters and follow-up forms for rising fifth-grade families who intend to…
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