However, there’s an asterisk: according to committee vice chair Ken Roberts, the recommendation to close Burbank was with the contingency that the property be used to house Norma Coombs Alternative School, now located in Pasadena.
What that would mean, Roberts said, is that Burbank would close as a “neighborhood” school and the K-5 Norma Coombs program — a “choice” school –would be moved to the Burbank building at 2046 N. Allen. The advantage is that the Burbank school has the ability to take on the Nora Coombs students and still leave enough space to absorb the number of students who attend Burbank as a “neighborhood” school.
Burbank also has a proper cafeteria and auditorium and other facilities that Norma Coombs’ present building does not, Roberts said, and many residents of Altadena and the west side of the district already attend Norma Coombs. In addition, there was a feeling in the committee that they didn’t want to “decimate Altadena.”
However, there’s an asterisk: according to committee vice chair Ken Roberts, the recommendation to close Burbank was with the contingency that the property be used to house Norma Coombs Alternative School, now located in Pasadena.
What that would mean, Roberts said, is that Burbank would close as a “neighborhood” school and the K-5 Norma Coombs program — a “choice” school –would be moved to the Burbank building at 2046 N. Allen. The advantage is that the Burbank school has the ability to take on the Nora Coombs students and still leave enough space to absorb the number of students who attend Burbank as a “neighborhood” school.
Burbank also has a proper cafeteria and auditorium and other facilities that Norma Coombs’ present building does not, Roberts said, and many residents of Altadena and the west side of the district already attend Norma Coombs. In addition, there was a feeling in the committee that they didn’t want to “decimate Altadena.”