The Duval County School Board will hold a workshop on Tuesday to discuss a much-debated plan to rebuild, close and renovate schools within the district.
– , will impact nearly every student enrolled in Duval County Public Schools. Closing or consolidating schools would allow the district to make up for a $1.4 billion gap in the budget.Some schools decreased more than 40%, others around 30%, but the majority decreased up to 20%.
“We want our successful schools to remain open. We do not want our schools to merge to be a K through 8. We do not want our elementary schools to close,” San Pablo teacher Angie said. “What would the impact to our property value be if all of our schools close? This proposal has clearly not been thought through to the end,” one resident said.Duval County Public School Officials continue to emphasize that they are in the early stages of the process of developing a new long-term facility plan and no decisions on school consolidation recommendations have been made just yet.
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