Port Angeles: Monroe parents make case to keep their school open
Published 12:01 am Friday, March 5, 2004
More than 100 Monroe Elementary School parents met Thursday night to raise their concerns that children are being forgotten in the Port Angeles School District’s deliberations to close a school.
Superintendent Gary Cohn said the School Board could decide Monday whether to close Monroe or Fairview, the district’s two easternmost elementary schools, to save around $300,000 from the cash-strapped budget.
Parents said Monroe should not be closed because it is a “family” that wants to stay together. They worried that closing any school would have a huge impact compared with small budget savings, and will result in increased class sizes, lower academic performance and children forced to attend classes in portable buildings.
