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Finances prompt proposal to close Frontier High Board will take public comment on plan March 9 BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Nearly 100 community members attended the Feb. 24 Elizabeth School Board meeting to hear staff recommendations for closing Frontier High School. The meeting was moved to Elizabeth Middle School to accommodate the large crowd, which included teachers, students and concerned parents. Students at the alternative high school were informed last week that their school was slated to be closed, and rallied support from the community to try to keep their doors open. The Feb. 24 meeting was a work session, so there was no public comment allowed, but attendees listened quietly to the reasons given for closing the school. “There are two broad areas that are leading to recommendation of the closing,” said Superintendent Douglas Bissonnette. “They affect each other but also stand independently in regard to serious financial issues.” The first, according to Bissonnette, is the cost per student each year to keep funding Frontier. “The most difficult one to deal with is the cost per student this year of SEE FRONTIER, P7
Frontier High students came out in force to attend the Feb. 24 school board meeting, where recommendations were made to close the school. PHOTO BY TABATHA STEWART
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