- The school board has decided to close Plymouth in June 2010 and commit themselves to the 3 into 1 consolidation of Seymour Heights, Blueridge and Plymouth as soon as a replacement school can be built at Seymour Heights.
- The board has decided to close Fromme Elementary in June 2010
- The board have decide to close and re-invent all of the alternative programs (Keith Lynn, Windsor House, 3rd step, YLC) under a single umbrella in a yet to be named facility sometime between June 2011 and June 2012.
As of this writing parents at Fromme and Plymouth will have submitted their decisions regarding school choice for next year, some of which will have been easy and some incredibly difficult as parents grapple with a complex set of changes. It has not been an easy process and it is not yet really over, but at least on those two fronts we have an answer.
The decision to consolidate all of the alternate programs into a yet to be defined new program remains a difficult challenge. The working groups came to the conclusion that this was the most difficult path for these groups. It will take a lot of dedication, effort and resources to define a new program that can meet the needs of the students in all of those programs. I believe that in making this decision the board has made an optimistic step and is asking all the people involved in those programs to take a similarly optimistic step in order to create a new program. I'm sure it will be hard and it will take a lot of work to define this new way of doing things, there are what appear to be many unresolvable situations in this move, but my hope is that the dedicated people on those teams will be able to find a way to create something even better out of this situation and that they will be permitted the time, resources and flexibility to do so.
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