Saint Paul School Board Restructuring Schools
The St. Paul School board has been working on a plan to combat both declining enrollment and a $27.2 million district budget short fall. After weeks of debates the school board made the final decision to close the Arlington Senior High School and move the Washington Technical Middle School and the Wellstone Elementary school into that building. They also voted to co-locate the Hazel Park Middle School Academy into the Battle Creek Middle School building, Ames and Sheridan Elementary will move into Haxel Park Middle School Academy, Franklin Music Magnet will move to North End and lastly Prosperity Heights will move to Hayden Heights.
All of this movement of schools did not come without a large amount of uproar from parents and students. The roar was especially loud at Arlington as next year the 11th and 12th graders will be moved to another school. Most of the students were excited to be at the top of their school and now they will be starting a strange place. Sport teams will be upset and many athletes that used to start at Arlington wonder if they will get a chance to play next year.
the Saint Paul School board also decided to cut the English Language Learners for those students that are learning English as their 2nd language. Currently there are about 30 juniors in that class. They will now be forced to start over at another school. This change will even effect some students that have Saint Paul Homes near the closing Arlington Senior High.
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