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Board hears feasibility study, town-hall feedback as Octorara considers school realignment to address declining enrollment
Summary
Administration summarized a feasibility study and two town halls on possible building realignment, citing enrollment decline from about 2,700 to just over 1,900 and discussing PDE realignment steps, winterization and potential repurposing of a building.
The Octorara Area School District discussed the feasibility study and two community town halls on possible building realignment, with administrators and board members describing declining enrollment and the potential to repurpose or winterize an underused building.
District leaders said enrollment has fallen from roughly 2,700 students to just over 1,900, prompting consideration of reconfiguration to reduce facility costs and more efficiently deploy staff. The superintendent said the plan would let the district set aside one building with…
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