Summit School District Solicits Community Input on Proposals for School Consolidation, Enhanced Career Technical Education

Community gives input on possible consolidations

Dozens of parents, teachers, administrators and a handful of students turned out last Wednesdays for the first of two public meetings to discuss possible school consolidations.

Summit School District solicits community input on proposals for school consolidation, enhanced career technical education

As Summit School District looks at consolidation to combat declining enrollment and growing operational costs, parents, staff and county residents are invited to participate in local meetings and submit feedback before the Board of Education makes any formal recommendations on building closures.  “I just want to say, it’s not exciting to talk about closing a school,” Superintendent Tony Byrd told a group of around 40 at a town hall held Monday, …