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Board examines closing White Marsh Elementary after consultant maps show steep renovation and capacity tradeoffs
Summary
Board members reviewed Canon Group options that include closing White Marsh Elementary (about 230 students), which staff said would save roughly $1.2 million annually but would require redistribution of students and faces state sufficiency and site constraints that make renovation costly.
Board members spent substantial time examining a Canon Group option that would close White Marsh Elementary School and redistribute its roughly 230 students across nearby schools.
Staff presented the arithmetic: "Last year's operating costs were a little over $3,700,000. If we are to close that school, we will save $1,200,000," Speaker 2 said, and added that most savings would come from staffing reductions (about $866,000), with roughly $289,000 in benefits and a little over $100,000 in recurring operations savings. Constructing or renovating…
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