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Greenfield-Central Com Schools proposes consolidations to cut costs and centralize preschool
Summary
District leaders proposed merging two intermediate schools into Maxwell, combining Weston and Harris elementary students onto the Harris/GIS campus, and locating all preschool at Weston; officials say the plan could save roughly $1.76 million annually but would reduce staff FTE and require about $2 million of site work per campus.
Greenfield-Central Com Schools officials on a livestreamed community night presented a three-part plan to reorganize grade configurations and repurpose buildings to address declining enrollment and a projected drop in state revenue. Superintendent Dr. Harold Holm said administrators and three outside consultants studied enrollment, demographics and finances and recommended merging the district’s two intermediate schools into one site at Maxwell, combining Weston and Harris elementary students onto the Harris/GIS site, and centralizing preschool at Weston.
The district cited a steady enrollment decline from a 2011 peak of about 4,600 students to about 4,181 this year and a state school-finance change (SEA 1) that district staff estimate will…
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