Committee recommends school consolidation in Huntsville
Posted by BrianA committee chartered to determine how to consolidate some of Huntsville’s schools gave its recommendations to the board tonight. Here they are:
- Consolidate Terry Heights and University Place elementary schools and build a new school for the consolidated student body in the area.
- Merge Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. elementary schools after construction of a new school in the area.
- Combine East Clinton and Blossomwood elementary schools after construction of a new school on the Blossomwood campus.
- Consolidate West Huntsville and Morris elementary schools as soon as possible. The committee recommended renovating Morris by 2012 to accommodate the students.
- Move students at Stone Middle School to the larger Westlawn Middle School campus. Renovate the consolidated Westlawn building by 2013.
- Make better use of Butler High School. With about 700 students, Butler is at about 35 percent of its student capacity and costs $3 million a year to operate.
Closing six, building three, and renovating two would be a good start. I’m eager to see the numbers behind the recommendations. How much will it cost/save? What capacity will the schools operate at afterward? Will elected officials even have the political will to follow through with these modest recommendations? Lot’s of questions…
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June 6th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Lincoln is really doing well these days since half of the churches in HSV adopted them
June 6th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Blossomwood won’t go for a merger with E. Clinton. Never going to happen
June 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I disagree that Blossomwood would Not go for this consolidation. The key is a “new” facility no matter the additional students. THAT will be a real asset to the whole area and much to be desired.