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Board postpones vote on three consent items including proposed Liberty closures after community comment
Summary
The board agreed to remove and postpone consent items involving school relocations, consolidation of King Elementary and closure of Zachary Taylor, and proposed closures of Liberty Middle and High School, and asked Superintendent Yearwood to provide additional rationale and impact details by Dec. 23 for the Jan. 20 meeting. Community speakers, including a longtime Liberty advocate, urged the board to preserve Liberty High.
The Jefferson County Board of Education voted on Dec. 9 to revise its agenda and postpone several consent items — including proposed relocations and the planned closures of Liberty Middle and Liberty High — to the Jan. 20, 2026 meeting while seeking more information from the superintendent.
Chair announced the board would remove and postpone consent item Y (approval of relocating Georgia Chaffee [Tapp] to the Gaines Building and relocating Waller Williams environmental school to the current Georgia Chaffee location), consent item Z (consolidation of King…
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