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Lennox superintendent recommends closing Belton Elementary; board to decide Dec. 16
Summary
Superintendent Gabriela Tabiner told a town hall audience the district faces deep enrollment declines and recommended the board close Belton Elementary at the end of the school year; the board will make a final decision on Dec. 16 after the district collects public comment and presents additional materials.
Superintendent Gabriela Tabiner told parents, staff and community members at a Lennox School District town hall that she will recommend to the district’s Board of Trustees that Belton Elementary School be closed at the end of the 2025–26 school year. “My recommendation to the board will be to close Belton Elementary School at the end of this school year,” Tabiner said, and she described the proposal as one element of a broader plan to respond to a sustained drop in enrollment.
Tabiner and consultant Taylor of MGT Consulting described a multi-month process that produced a recommendation after reviewing demographic projections, facility assessments and budget models. “What we have is a recommendation. It’s not a final decision. No decision has been made. That final decision rests with the Board of Education,” Taylor told the meeting.
The superintendent presented district data showing a long-term enrollment decline. Tabiner said Lennox had about 3,711 students in 2025–26 and that a third-party demographic study projects further declines: by 2035 resident TK–8 enrollment could fall…
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