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Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee:

Parents, staff on edge about Sacramento City Unified's proposed school consolidations

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3B

Parents and staff at Leonardo da Vinci and Hollywood Park schools say they are hoping for some clarity tonight about proposals to consolidate the neighboring campuses.

Leonardo da Vinci and Hollywood Park are two of a handful of schools initially recommended for programmatic changes or consolidations, but they were not mentioned last week when Sacramento City Unified School District trustees decided against closing and consolidating five elementary schools and two high schools.

School consolidations and closures are on the agenda for tonight's 6:30 p.m. school board meeting at the Serna Center, 5735 47th Ave.

"Parents are concerned and waiting is hard," said Sarah Foley, who has two children at Leonardo da Vinci, a high-performing kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school.

At last week's school board meeting, several board members made it clear that the closure and



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