Sac Unified trustees shelve plan to combine schools
Following community backlash, Sacramento City Unified School District trustees decided to shelve a controversial proposal involving Sacramento Charter and West Campus high schools, as well as halt the closure and consolidation of five elementary schools.
The move stunned the 350 people who came to Thursday night's school board meeting to advocate for their schools. In deciding to change directions, board members Patrick Kennedy and Jeff Cuneo and Superintendent Jonathan Raymond each said the district did not do a good enough job of working with affected communities.
"Putting solutions on the table and asking your community to get there is the wrong way to go," Cuneo said.
District trustees could have voted as early as next week on proposals to close A.M. Winn, Collis P. Huntington and Freeport elementary schools and consolidate Edward Kemble and Cesar Chavez elementary schools.
Raymond said he "goofed" on his proposal to consolidate Edward Kemble and Cesar Chavez and
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