In Anchorage, some families are feeling cautious relief as their neighborhood elementary school is set to remain open next year. Others are reckoning with the closure of one local school, Abbott Loop Elementary, starting next fall.
Would Klatt, Birchwood, Nunaka Valley, Northwood, Abbott Loop or Wonder Park elementary schools be open on the first day of classes next year?that they planned to close only Abbott Loop, while keeping the others open for the time being.
For Rick Whitbeck, who is the president of the parent-teacher organization at Abbott Loop and whose son goes to school there, the decision last month “was nothing short of disgusting to me.”Anchorage School District proposes lengthening school days, altering calendar to make up for snow closures“I don’t think they’re going back on that decision,” Whitbeck said. “Certainly, my plea would be: Go back on that decision and don’t single out our kids.
The Anchorage School District doesn’t have a lot of experience closing schools, said school board member Andy Holleman. Holleman initially voted in favor of a failed motion to keep all schools open next year, then ultimately voted for the closure.The district is going to close more schools in the future, he said.
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