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Riverside School gets reprieve
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June 19, 2012 |
The Boundary County School District 101 board
met at 5 p.m. today to deliberate the closure of
Riverside School, and after deliberations, board
members decided to keep the school open for at
least one more year.
The board started looking into the closure last
year as a cost cutting measure, and had
discussed operating the alternative high school
as a "school within a school" within the Bonners
Ferry High School building.
But a standing room only crowd and around 20
people, many of them students of the school,
speaking in favor of keeping Riverside open
prompted three members of the board to conclude
that the matter needed additional study. The
final vote was three to two.
"I do think the students showing up enmass was
very powerful," Vicki Downing said.
"Nearly everyone there supported keeping it
open," said parent Julie Miller. "Not only
adults, but some students were there, who texted
other students to let them know what was
happening. Soon there were so many people,
students past and present, that they were
flooding into the hallway."
"Thank you to everyone who came out and
supported our school," said Debbie Florea. "We
have one more year to convince our school board
that alternative schools are needed for those
students who don't fit the mold." |
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