Big news out of Saint Paul this evening around the closing of 5 schools in the upcoming years. The Board of Education voted 5-2 to close. Galtier, Jackson, John A Johnson elementary will all close in 2022 L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion School lower & upper campuses will merge.
Also closing is Parkway Montessori Middle School. The facility will eventually reopen as Hmong Dual Immersion Middle School. Obama Elementary School will close in 2023.
Originally, SPPS Superintendent wanted to close Wellstone and Highwood Hills elementary schools along with LEAP High School. That did not happen this evening at the Board meeting.
This has been a very heated topic in the past several weeks. Multiple school communities have raised concerns, and at least a couple of Board members have also expressed concerns over how the district proposed and pushed the plan quicker than usual. startribune.com/st-paul-school…
"Somali American parents in St. Paul say a plan to close Highwood Hills Elementary would endanger a neighborhood hub. Latino parents say they weren’t included in the decision to close Wellstone Elementary."
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Here's how @mprnews reported the possible closures back in the middle of October. "5 things to know about St. Paul’s plan to close five schools"mprnews.org/story/2021/10/…
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