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Belvidere board schedules public hearings after poll shows majority support for closing Perry Elementary
Summary
A district-commissioned random-sample poll found 56% of respondents support closing Perry Elementary; trustees directed administration to schedule three public hearings and publish FAQs while exploring renovation, capacity and student-placement plans.
A community poll presented to the Belvidere CUSD 100 Board of Education on March 16 found 56% of respondents support closing Perry Elementary, prompting trustees to direct the administration to schedule three public hearings and prepare more detailed information for families and staff.
Peter Leatherman of the Morris Leatherman Company described the survey methodology as a 400-person random telephone sample (±5% margin of error at 95% confidence) and said it included cell phones and landlines. He said facilities and comparable school spaces were unusually prominent concerns for respondents, and that 77% support constructing an early‑learning center…
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