Latest Headlines
- Undocumented Farm Worker, 45, Gets 25 Years For Attempted Sexual Battery Of 11-Year Old In Walnut Hill
- Fields Of Faith: Community Worship Service Held At Northview High
- 2-Month-Old Passes Away Following Escambia County Wreck
- ECSO Deputy Involved In Chain Reaction Crash On Highway 29
- Updated: Two Stab Each Other Outside Atmore Tractor Supply Company Store In Ongoing Dispute
- Two Injured In Two Wrecks That Slowed Highway 29 Traffic Tuesday Afternoon
- North Escambia Baseball Battle: Tate Gets Senior Night 8-4 Win Over Northview (With Gallery)
- Inmate Flown To The Hospital After Incident At Century Correctional Institution
- Northview Lady Chiefs Beat Washington 19-2
- Check Your Tickets: No One Has Claimed $66,000 Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Davisville
Escambia School Board Makes First Move To Close Another Elementary School
March 31, 2009
The Escambia County School Board took the first step toward closing Edgewater Elementary School in west Pensacola.
The board voted Monday afternoon to advertise their intent to delete the attendance zone for Edgewater, a move that will send the approximately 350 students at Edgewater to three other elementary schools — Navy Point, Warrington or West Pensacola –depending on their address.
The school board will make their final redistricting vote on Edgewater at a May 11 meeting. If approved, the school will close at the end of this school year. The closure is expected to save the district about $400,000 per year.
It is the same redistricting method the board followed to close Carver/Century K-8 School.
The school board voted March 17 to close Carver/Century at the end of this school year to save another $600,000 plus. The Carver/Century attendance zone was deleted, sending the students to Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle School next year.The total savings from the two school closures is expected to top $1 million per year. Thomas said the district must cut about $30 million overall because of a decrease in funding from the state, partially due to economics and partially due to declining enrollment across the county.
Comments
4 Responses to “Escambia School Board Makes First Move To Close Another Elementary School”
The students will be o.k. It’s the parents who can’t adjust. Makes you wonder which one is the adult.
fed up you sure do live a negative life…what a shame.
Well, gee, I have the perfect solution for all of them:
Just close all the schools and save all that money and then they should be happy.
Seriously, I don’t think they have a clue what the ramifications are going to be. I’m afraid that all the children affected, both in the closing schools and in the ones to which the kids are sent, are going to have a hard time because of this.
Surely hope the edgewater parents don’t go to the Century council for guidance.