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Watertown board to hold community meetings on possible school closings after April referendum
Summary
The Watertown Unified School District Board said it will schedule community meetings to gather input on potential school closings following an April referendum; the board discussed district reconfiguration but did not announce specific closures.
David Handyside, a member of the Watertown Unified School District Board of Education, said the board discussed what the district will look like after an April referendum and plans to host community meetings to gather resident input on possible school closings.
The board "will be announcing scheduled meetings with the community to get their input on possible school closings," Handyside said in a short video recap. He described the discussion as "considerable," but the recap did not include specific proposals, timelines for closures, or which schools might be affected.
The comments came during a brief highlights recap of the board's Monday meeting. Handyside did not provide vote tallies, motions, or formal directives relating to closures in the video; he presented the meetings as an outreach step to inform planning after the referendum.
The recap did not specify the exact date of the April referendum, any contingency thresholds for closures, or which district staff would lead the community meetings. Residents are encouraged to watch meeting recordings on the district's YouTube channel and contact board members for more information, Handyside said.
The board's next steps, as stated in the recap, are to announce the schedule for those community meetings; no formal decisions about school closings were reported in the video.
