At the Board Meeting tonight, the Board of Education voted to revise the school consolidation process.
The Board voted to allow the superintendent the flexibility to recommend between 0 and 3 schools for consolidation, rather than a minimum of three schools.
Rather than committing to having the Ed Center vacated by August 2011, the Board voted to conduct a feasibility study about the move which will be presented to the Board in April 2011.
The Board voted to change the school consolidation timeline. Instead of a recommendation on November 9, a study session on November 16, and an action item on November 23, there will be a special board meeting with the school consolidation recommendations and action item on November 16.
The Board decided to take Jackson off the table for consolidation for 2011-2012. They also voted to leave Norma Coombs at its current facility for the 2011-2012 school year. The superintendent plans to meet with the communities of those schools that remain on the list.
UPDATE 4:30 PM: County supervisor Michael D. Antonovich weighed in with this letter sent to the board Oct. 15.
Nancy Rose Dufford, executive director of the Pasadena Educational Network, sent this message out to PEN’s mailing list about last night’s PUSD board meeting:
At the Board Meeting tonight, the Board of Education voted to revise the school consolidation process.
The Board voted to allow the superintendent the flexibility to recommend between 0 and 3 schools for consolidation, rather than a minimum of three schools.
Rather than committing to having the Ed Center vacated by August 2011, the Board voted to conduct a feasibility study about the move which will be presented to the Board in April 2011.
The Board voted to change the school consolidation timeline. Instead of a recommendation on November 9, a study session on November 16, and an action item on November 23, there will be a special board meeting with the school consolidation recommendations and action item on November 16.
The Board decided to take Jackson off the table for consolidation for 2011-2012. They also voted to leave Norma Coombs at its current facility for the 2011-2012 school year. The superintendent plans to meet with the communities of those schools that remain on the list.
UPDATE 4:30 PM: County supervisor Michael D. Antonovich weighed in with this letter sent to the board Oct. 15.