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Vallejo superintendent recommends closing three elementary campuses; board set to vote Dec. 17
Summary
At a Dec. 10 study session, district staff reviewed maps, program placement and transportation impacts for seven schools under consideration and the superintendent recommended closing three of six conventional campuses (John Phinney exempted as a program). Trustees pressed staff for detailed boundary scenarios, transportation costs and equity impacts ahead of a Dec. 17 vote.
The Vallejo City Unified School District superintendent told the board on Dec. 10 that closing schools is intended to align the district with its strategic plan, protect program quality and restore fiscal stability, and she recommended closing three of the six conventional schools under review while retaining John Phinney as a program to be relocated if necessary.
"My recommendation is that we close 3 of the 6," the superintendent said, urging trustees to use maps and site‑level analyses to weigh program and equity tradeoffs. She said any board action would be taken at the district's Dec. 17 regular meeting and that approved closures would take effect in the 2026–27 school year.
Staff presented the list of sites under study — Cooper, Federal Terrace, Highland, John Phinney Education Complex, Lincoln, Pennycook and Stephen Manor — and emphasized the analyses that…
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