A public hearing about closing Ringgold's Carroll Middle School
The Ringgold School Board voted Wednesday night to have a public hearing in March to determine whether to close Carroll Middle School.
State law requires a hearing before the district can close the school. If the board votes to close the school, Carroll students will attend Finley Middle School in the fall, said Superintendent Gary Hamilton. The district is considering closing Carroll and Finley middle schools and building a new middle school.
The public hearing will be March 9 at 7 p.m. in the Ringgold Board room.
The school board will also have an executive session Thursday at 7 p.m. in the board room to discuss buying property for the new middle school. The public will not be able to attend the closed session. However, board members said a decision will not be made after the meeting because a public hearing must first be held before they vote to buy property for a new school.
Do you think the district should build a new school?
State law requires a hearing before the district can close the school. If the board votes to close the school, Carroll students will attend Finley Middle School in the fall, said Superintendent Gary Hamilton. The district is considering closing Carroll and Finley middle schools and building a new middle school.
The public hearing will be March 9 at 7 p.m. in the Ringgold Board room.
The school board will also have an executive session Thursday at 7 p.m. in the board room to discuss buying property for the new middle school. The public will not be able to attend the closed session. However, board members said a decision will not be made after the meeting because a public hearing must first be held before they vote to buy property for a new school.
Do you think the district should build a new school?
Labels: Closing Carroll Middle
posted by Dawn Keller at
10:04 PM
3 Comments:
Considering that I attended each school over 30 years ago and they were in poor condition at that time, the schools should be closed and a new middle school built. But build the darn thing near the high school to make a Ringgold school complex, somewhat like Beth-Center and California to name two. And don't close either middle school until the new one is done.
It seems like the big question left is where the school will go - not whether the move will happen.
nothing good could come out of closing carroll middle school at this time. Donora students will have to travel about 45 minutes each way to school each day, and many parents do not have transportation to get back and forth in case of an emergency, not to mention school concerts or events. The class sizes would increase, teachers will lose their jobs, the list goes on and on. What is the rush? We waited this long gor a new scool, what is a couple more years? Also Finley is in worse shape than Carroll, is it even safe to have our kids go there? I think this is ridiculous.
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