Pritchett: Scrap SCUSD Plan to Close Schools, Start Over - Rosemont, CA Patch

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Pritchett: Scrap SCUSD Plan to Close Schools, Start Over

Some students in Rosemont may see their elementary school close next year, but not if their school board member has anything to say about it.
Christina Pritchett, a first-year trustee on the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education, says she's opposed to the district's plan to close 11 under-enrolled elementary schools, including James W. Marshall Elementary Schoolin Rosemont.
"I'm wiling to make the hard decisions–we just need to make sure we're making the right choices," Pritchett said in a phone interview last week. "The plan that was proposed to us was flawed."
On Thursday, the school board heard hours of comments from numerous parents, students and other community members on the topic, extending the board's meeting