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Superintendent outlines 'Reimagining Our Schools' committee to study future use of elementary buildings
Summary
Superintendent Schwartz presented a plan to form a central Reimagining Our Schools committee, open applications July 28 through Labor Day, and produce recommendations in time to inform the district budget process; the work could include school repurposing or closure and will follow New York State education law.
Superintendent Schwartz told the Scotia-Glenville Central School District Board of Education that she is creating a Reimagining Our Schools committee to evaluate future uses of the district's elementary school buildings and report in time to inform the district's budget process.
Schwartz said the group will be ‘‘a vehicle for determining the future use of the district's elementary schools,’’ adding, “I am not saying closure. I don't know.” The superintendent said the committee’s work could range from repurposing buildings to closure, and emphasized the group must address student reassignment, transportation, staffing and contractual obligations.
The committee will begin as a single central group and split into smaller work teams focused on tasks such as attendance boundary review, grade-level configuration, communications,…
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