With enrollment shriveling to fewer than 50,000 students already, and a projection that it could slide to barely 35,000 by 2017, there’s no need for the more than 90 schools currently in the system, according to a draft proposal by Bill Prenosil, a school facilities commission planner.
The district’s transformation plan, which is to go into effect next month, slashed 15 buildings this year. Prenosil wants still more on the chopping block, to bring the district to just 63 buildings.
Not all of the state commission’s ideas make perfect sense. For instance, the state includes the former Margaret Spellacy Junior High on its closure list although it was recently renovated to accommodate the all-male Ginn Academy. Closing it now would be a waste of money and work.
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