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way to meet the budget de- mands, and meetings are being held to inform and discuss these issues with the community. However, some concerns have been raised regarding potential school closures and the timeline given to community members to come up with alternatives to closing the schools. Phil Stover, the SDUSD Deputy Superintendent of Busi- ness, gave a presentation on Oct. 10 to parents, volunteers and community members regarding Franklin Elementary School’s possible closure. In the presentation, Stover said the School Realignment/ Closure Committee was put together to provide recommen- dations to the California Board of Education related to the 2012-2013 budget deficit. The Committee was asked to provide recommendations for the closure of approximately 10 schools across San Diego for a five mil- lion dollar savings.
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where from $58 to $103 [million]. I believe we will have to cut $80 [million total],” Stover said. Early recommendations
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the Committee suggested are to close Franklin Elementary School and reduce the number of buses transporting students to Hoover High School. Stover explained they have adopted a number of criterion including enrollment, capacity, Academic Performance Index scores and growth, cost per student and resident attendance, meaning how many neighbor-
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Kensington resident Dixie Blake addresses the Board of Education at the public meeting regarding possible school closures. (Photo by Daniel Solomon)
hood students go to the school and other variables.
The Hoover High School
cluster—the term used by SDUSD for schools grouped by area—includes Franklin Elemen- tary School, Adams Elementary School, Normal Heights Elemen- tary School, Edison Elementary School, Central Elementary School, Cherokee Point Elemen- tary School, Joyner Elementary School, Rosa Parks Elementary School, Hamilton Elementary School, Clark Middle School, Wil- son Middle School and Hoover High School.
Stover asked parents and
community members to “provide [the committee] input through their cluster organization. Indi- vidual input is fine,” he con- tinued, “but is often contradic- tory. Suggesting alternatives is always better than simply saying don’t do this or that.”
In addition to wanting Frank-
lin to stay open, some residents expressed concern with the timeline they were given to pro- vide alternative solutions. Alice Colthurst, a Kensing-
ton resident whose children went to Franklin, said, “Frank- lin should stay open because it is a small…neighborhood school that is working. Frank- lin serves a diverse population of students who are happy.... The school has strong commu- nity support.” Regarding the recommended
school closure, Kensington resident Dixie Blake, whose chil- dren also went to Franklin, said, “For the Hoover Cluster, this announcement was made Oct. 10. They met for nine months and are giving us less than eight weeks to respond.” She said prior to the Oct. 27 announcement. Stover said he hopes cluster volunteers can come up with an alternative by the next or follow- ing meeting.
Though she said she didn’t have the time to research her alternative suggestions, retired teacher Marilyn Rivas said she has some ideas that would keep Franklin open and still help with the budget.
“Close Adams instead of
Franklin,” Rivas said. “Have the students on the West of I-15 go to Normal Heights and the students on the East of I-15 attend Franklin. It is too far for the Franklin students to walk to Normal Heights or Adams and dangerous for them to be crossing I-15. Franklin does have the capacity to house six more classrooms and the Dis- trict could move in more bun- galows if they were needed,” she said.
Rivas also suggested turning Franklin into a Kindergarten through eighth grade school. Blake added that closing
Franklin wouldn’t, in its entirety, see Budget, page 5
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