What are the main reasons for closing El Rancho, Gird and Los Serranos Elementary Schools?
In order to continue to offer a world-class education with dramatically reduced funding from the state and federal government, all schools must operate efficiently. The District must make decisions in the best interests of all students. The decision was made by the Board of Education as part of an overall $44 million budget reduction package required in order to present a balanced budget to the San Bernardino County Office of Education. There are currently 3,000 empty Kindergarten through 6th grade seats throughout the District. That means that many schools are being operated inefficiently because there are too few students at the school. El Rancho, Gird and Los Serranos Elementary Schools were far under capacity in enrollment and in light of their age (El Rancho – 58-years-old, Gird – 56, Los Serranos – 47), they were identified as schools to examine first. Proximity to other elementary schools and the enrollment at those schools. In other words, children could still walk to school an
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