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Bedford County board adds Stewartsville Elementary closure option to next meeting amid looming $2.9M shortfall
Summary
Chair asked the board to place a plan to decommission Stewartsville Elementary on the March 12 agenda for public comment, saying doing nothing will worsen the district’s budget problems. The board gave majority consensus to include the option for public comment and a vote next week.
The Bedford County School Board on March 5 agreed by majority consensus to place a proposal to consider closing Stewartsville Elementary on the agenda for its March 12 meeting, opening the question to public comment as the district faces a projected reversion shortfall.
Chair (S1) framed the choice as stark: “Doing nothing doesn't resolve the problem. It makes it worse,” and described two options to address the projected shortfall — cutting classroom positions to meet staffing standards limits or evaluating…
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