PORT ANGELES — The top suggestion of a task force looking into saving the Port Angeles School District budget $300,000 calls for closing Franklin Elementary School for about two years to kick off a renovation program.
On the option list behind Franklin is closing Monroe Elementary School unless student enrollments increase.
Those two options and several others were presented to the School Board on Monday night.
No action was taken, but the task force’s findings will trigger School Board discussions that begin with a Feb. 9 study session.
The strategy to temporarily close and repair Franklin, corner of Lauridsen Boulevard and Washington Street, would save the district about $321,000, require 462 children to change schools, and cut one principal, one secretary, two teachers and 1½ custodian positions.
Voter-approved bond money would help fund renovations to the school.
The task force was established by the five-member School Board to find a way to save the district $300,000 by changing the way district-owned buildings are operated.
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The rest of the story appears in Tuesday’s Peninsula Daily News Clallam County edition.