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Corvallis School Board requests deeper consolidation scenarios as budget, enrollment concerns persist
Summary
At an Oct. 16 Corvallis School Board meeting, trustees discussed a district consolidation proposal and asked the superintendent to return with alternative scenarios that could produce larger savings; the board voted to adopt the proposal as submitted while directing staff to develop additional options.
Corvallis School Board trustees spent much of their Oct. 16 meeting discussing a district consolidation proposal aimed at addressing declining enrollment and budget shortfalls and asked district leadership to return with an alternative that would go further on closures to produce larger savings.
Superintendent Ryan presented data and clarified the financial impact of consolidation scenarios, saying the district would save roughly $2 million from closing a middle school and about $1 million from closing an elementary school, which would move the district closer to the reductions it expects it must make. Trustees and staff repeatedly framed the conversation around preserving programming and staff while balancing the community impact of any closures.
The discussion followed a block of public comment in which parents, staff and other community members urged the board to consider the effects of…
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