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Board to seek public input on proposed Reesville elementary merger, staff cite cost savings and $44 million plan
Summary
District staff proposed merging South End and Mall Street into a single new elementary to speed construction and concentrate Title I resources; they recommended a parent meeting March 16 and a public hearing/work session March 23. The district estimated reduced funding next year and projected operating savings if the merger proceeds.
District officials presented a plan to merge two elementary campuses and build a single new school intended to speed construction and consolidate resources.
Dr. Perkins, presenting on behalf of district leadership, told the Rockingham County Board of Education the merger would allow demolition and construction without students on site, give architects a full 15-acre site to design traffic flow and playgrounds, and make it easier to deliver Title I resources. "We're projecting anywhere between $650,000 and $750,000 by merging and closing an elementary school," Dr. Perkins said, and later described the end goal as "that brand new $44,000,000 school." The district indicated the merger is partly a response to a projected roughly $3,000,000 decrease in state funding for next year.
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