The district’s oldest elementary school will shut its doors this year as students move to Spring Creek. The consolidation will take on an accelerated timeline at the behest of families and staff.
The closing of Beitel was most definitely NOT universally supported. In fact, at the meeting in the fall when this first came to light, the outpouring of support against closure was such that it was standing room only in the district building with people spilling out onto the sidewalk. It was so powerful that the Board decided to wait on the decision. Then, interestingly enough, a letter went out to Spring Creek that the GATE program was being moved to Indian Paintbrush and then there was ONE public meeting about this, where Spring Creek pleaded for earlier consolidation. Then, instead of holding to the timeline they had previously established there was another immediate meeting and then the vote. There has been no transparency about this from the beginning and the assertion of “several” public discussions and meetings, and meetings with staffs and parents, is a lie.
The closing of Beitel was most definitely NOT universally supported. In fact, at the meeting in the fall when this first came to light, the outpouring of support against closure was such that it was standing room only in the district building with people spilling out onto the sidewalk. It was so powerful that the Board decided to wait on the decision. Then, interestingly enough, a letter went out to Spring Creek that the GATE program was being moved to Indian Paintbrush and then there was ONE public meeting about this, where Spring Creek pleaded for earlier consolidation. Then, instead of holding to the timeline they had previously established there was another immediate meeting and then the vote. There has been no transparency about this from the beginning and the assertion of “several” public discussions and meetings, and meetings with staffs and parents, is a lie.