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Friday, February 17, 2012

Sac City board votes to close Freeport Elementary School - Sacramento Bee

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Sac City board votes to close Freeport Elementary School

Sacramento City Unified School District trustees traded jabs with each other as parents and teachers made emotional pleas during Thursday night's school board meeting to discuss school closures.

A teacher is silhouetted against Freeport Elementary while watching a crosswalk Wednesday. Officials estimate $442,000 in savings by shutting the school, and a total of $832,000 if A.M. Winn and C.P. Huntington elementaries also close.


Meeting continues: Tweets from Melody Gutierrez

Melody Gutierrez is at the Sacramento City Unified school board meeting, where trustees will vote on whether to close A.M. Winn, Freeport and C.P. Huntington elementary schools.

A teacher is silhouetted against Freeport Elementary while watching a crosswalk Wednesday. Officials estimate $442,000 in savings by shutting the school, and a total of $832,000 if A.M. Winn and C.P. Huntington elementaries also close.