As ABRSD explores options for re-organization, a few key provisions will help add greater clarity to the final decisions that will be made.
District Re-organization Provisions
Student Placement and Minimizing Disruption
Approach to Closing or Merging Schools
School Closure Ideology / Reasoning
• It is likely that any option for reorganization will involve student movement between schools one or more schools, even if a school continues in its current form . Efforts will be made to minimize disruption for students and families.
• If the district determines that school closures or mergers are necessary during reorganization. In that case, it may be practical to consider schools based on age/condition or schools with lower enrollment and less community preference. • Based on ABRSD analysis, the schools identified in this plan are: • Closure based on age/condition of building: Conant School • Closure based on less selected open enrollment preference: Merriam School • Potential Merger based on less selected open enrollment preferences: Merriam and McCarthy-Towne Schools
• If schools are closed , all
students and staff in that school would be distributed to other schools. • If schools are merged , ABRSD would plan how to bring the school communities together. It is likely that some students and staff may need to be distributed to other schools based on space availability.
• District enrollment policies may be modified based on
reorganization and will inform student placement decisions.
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