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Douglas County board drops districtwide K–8 option, directs superintendent to present two consolidation scenarios at town hall
Summary
After hours of public comment, trustees unanimously removed a districtwide K–8 plan from consideration and asked the superintendent to take two narrower scenarios to a town hall: (1) consolidate two Rancho elementary schools and (2) merge the district's two middle schools, with the town hall scheduled for the next day.
The Douglas County School District board voted unanimously to remove a districtwide K–8 consolidation option from consideration and instructed Superintendent Alvarado to present two narrower scenarios at a district town hall the following evening.
Superintendent Alvarado opened the consolidation presentation by framing the district s "in financial distress," saying the scenarios were driven by declining enrollment and the need to reduce deficit spending. He laid out two principal approaches under consideration: returning sixth grade to elementary schools and consolidating the two middle schools into a single 7 nd 8 campus, or a longer-term phased K— model. Alvarado also presented estimated savings tied to different scenarios and cautioned that some savings would not be realized until later years.
Trustee Mona Knighting moved that the board "remove the consideration of K through…
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