Iga City mayor petitions Mie Prefectural Board of Education to "keep Akebono Gakuen High School open"

On the 30th, Iga Mayor Toshihisa Inamori submitted a petition to the prefectural board of education, requesting that Mie Prefectural Akebono Gakuen High School (Kawahigashi, Iga City) remain open and that the "learning safety net" be maintained, as the school's survival is in jeopardy. According to the city and others, the High School Revitalization Promotion Council, which is made up of the prefectural board of education and school officials in…