Valley School Board Meeting Case Study
E. HOLMES DISTRICT — Parents and members of the community feeding into the valley schools are invited to a meeting to learn more about the plans and offer feedback to those plans to close Charm Elementary School.
The school board has relocated its monthly business meeting to Keim Lumber in Charm on Monday at 6 p.m. Following the regular business meeting, board members will meet with parents and members of the community to discuss the plan and get feedback on both the decision to close, reorganize the valley schools and sell the building, said Superintendent Erik Beun.
It's a plan the district has been contemplating for about four years, with the recent timeline established through discussion among members of the board, administration and advisory board for the …show more content…
“We want to get a sense for how do we, as a group of five, steer the district in the right direction,” he said, noting it's not always easy to settle on choices for which everyone is supportive.
With current enrollment, all the valley school — Charm, Flat Ridge and Wise — and their staffs are not being fully optimized, said Beun, noting the reorganization plan would put K-4 students at Flat Ridge and 5-8 students at Wise. The change would be effective with the start of the 2018-19 school year.
Both Flat Ridge and Wise would still have available classroom space to accommodate for future growth in the student population, said Beun. And, financial gains from the proposed sale of the building and elimination of maintenance costs would be absorbed into the district's general fund.
A formal resolution to close Charm and reorganize enrollment at Flat Ridge and Wise is expected to come before the board at its Dec. 19 business
The school board has relocated its monthly business meeting to Keim Lumber in Charm on Monday at 6 p.m. Following the regular business meeting, board members will meet with parents and members of the community to discuss the plan and get feedback on both the decision to close, reorganize the valley schools and sell the building, said Superintendent Erik Beun.
It's a plan the district has been contemplating for about four years, with the recent timeline established through discussion among members of the board, administration and advisory board for the …show more content…
“We want to get a sense for how do we, as a group of five, steer the district in the right direction,” he said, noting it's not always easy to settle on choices for which everyone is supportive.
With current enrollment, all the valley school — Charm, Flat Ridge and Wise — and their staffs are not being fully optimized, said Beun, noting the reorganization plan would put K-4 students at Flat Ridge and 5-8 students at Wise. The change would be effective with the start of the 2018-19 school year.
Both Flat Ridge and Wise would still have available classroom space to accommodate for future growth in the student population, said Beun. And, financial gains from the proposed sale of the building and elimination of maintenance costs would be absorbed into the district's general fund.
A formal resolution to close Charm and reorganize enrollment at Flat Ridge and Wise is expected to come before the board at its Dec. 19 business