The surprise decision to shut down the school was based partly on the building's value if it needs to be sold, local officials said.
An Ocean County school district is closing a second school building in less than a year due state funding cuts after switching up an earlier plan that would have closedThe Jackson school board approved a district-wide restructuring plan Wednesday in which the Christa McAuliffe Middle School will close when the academic year ends in June.
Instead, the board swapped out the Goetz school for the 32-year-old school building named for Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher and astronaut from New Hampshire killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. “I really recognize this change is difficult. It’s emotional for all of us,” Jackson Schools Superintendent Nicole Pormilli said at Wednesday’s meeting on the closure of the middle school.
In separate, 4-3 votes, the board approved turning Jackson Memorial High School into a middle school and keeping Jackson Liberty High School for all of the district’s high school students.
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