"The Folsom Cordova Unified Schoold District has given concerned parents the opportunity to keep one of the schools open that is slated to close at the end of the school year.
Save Cordova Lane, an organization of Cordova Lane Elementary parents, has launched an effort to raise $300,000 by March 1 to keep their school operating for the 2010-2011 school year. The school, which currently houses the Rancho Cordova Little League, was targeted for closure at the Nov. 19 meeting of the FCUSD Board, and Riverview Elementary was also approved for closure. The school closures would save the district $600,000 in their effort to close a $20 million budget gap.
“We are hearing that this has never been done before,” Kristy Elder, the co-founder of Save Cordova Lane, said. ”We may very well be the first school in the state of California and possibly the nation to raise this amount of money if we are successful.”"
“We are hearing that this has never been done before,” Kristy Elder, the co-founder of Save Cordova Lane, said. ”We may very well be the first school in the state of California and possibly the nation to raise this amount of money if we are successful.”"