Bellevue parents protest against possible middle school closure

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The Bellevue School District is holding a series of meetings to listen to parents’ concerns as it considers closing a middle school next year.

Parents of students at Bellevue's Odle Middle Schools, stand outside the school on Monday, in protest of their school being closed. A protest against closing schools in the Bellevue School District sprung up outside Odle Middle School on Monday. Parents held signs that said, "no school closure," "keep Odle open" and "Odle serves our community.

The district’s data shows that middle school enrolment will fall by 2030, leading many parents to ask why the district wants to close a school by fall. Why not take more time to analyze the data and then close a school, if necessary, closer to 2030 when they anticipate fewer students? “I’m really, really concerned about this vicious cycle the rush of the decision they’re making. As a parent we wanna solve the problem I know there’s some challenges with the pandemic do we really need to cut schools now?” said Chuyong Fu, another parent in the district.Right now, its data shows 66% of classrooms are being used across its five middle schools, but that number is expected to fall to around 50% by 2030.

 

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