Could Carver/Century Be Closed And Merged With Bratt And Ernest Ward?
Could Carver/Century K-8 School be closed and merged with Bratt Elementary and Ernest Ward Middle School? That is just one money saving idea tossed out by one Escambia County School Board member. Jeff Bergosh, the District 1 member on the board, proposed closing Carver/Century before the upcoming school year and busing the students to Bratt. But district officials have said that no schools will be closed for the 2008-2009 school year. School Closures But for the 2009-2010 school year, school closures could be a reality. The school board is in the process of reforming the School Attendance Zone Advisory Committee (SAZAC) that led to the recommended closures of Byrneville, Pensacola Beach and Dixon elementary schools in 2001. (Byrneville and Pensacola both reopened as charter schools.) The original SAZAC committee’s recommendations, along with those of Superintendent Jim Paul, also led to the closure of Woodham High School. The third phase that the original SAZAC proposal years ago was t
