Scenerios the board is currently looking at regarding school closings

They are as follows:

1. Close Ardena OR Southard and redistrict entire elementary student population among the remaining elementary schools;
2. Close Ardena AND Greibling, moving these students to the Memorial Middle School and redistricting the Memorial Middle School students to Middle School North and Middle School South; also, assign some Griebling students to Land O'Pines.
3. Close Ardena and move students to Memorial Middle School along with Newbury Elementary School special education and preschool disabled students; Close Southard and redistrict among remaining elementary schools; redistrcit middle school students between Middle School North and Middle School South.
4. Divide the middle school students more evenly as follows: Middle School North and Middle School South to house 950 students, Memorial Middle School to house 500 students. In addition, could close one elementary school and redistrict among remaining elementary schools.
5. Move the central administration staff and Information Technology department into the schools instead of maintaing distict board offices (on Squankum Yellowbrook Road) and Information Technology trailer at Ardena.
6. Establish grade level schools; that is, K-2, 3-5 and 6-8.