Gilbert district to vote again in February on school closure
Gilbert Junior High School
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Travis Gunnell, right, listens to Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Gilbert Junior High during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert School Board Meeting
Rob Guderian addresses the Gilbert School Board , Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 on the issue of closing Gilbert Junior High and repurposing the school as the Gilbert Classical Academy. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Gilbert School Board Meeting
Michael Brewer addresses the Gilbert School Board , Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 on the issue of closing Gilbert Junior High and repurposing the school as the Gilbert Classical Academy. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Gilbert School Board Meeting
Michael Brewer addresses the Gilbert School Board , Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 on the issue of closing Gilbert Junior High and repurposing the school as the Gilbert Classical Academy. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Gilbert School Board Meeting
The Gilbert School Board meets, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 with the closing of Gilbert Junior High and repurposing the school as the Gilbert Classical Academy on the agenda. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Gilbert School Board Meeting
Scott Tolbert, a teacher at Gilbert Junior High for the past 14 years, addresses the Gilbert School Board, Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012 on the issue of closing Gilbert Junior High and repurposing the school as the Gilbert Classical Academy. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Kent Rogers, right, asks a question to Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Gilbert Junior High during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. Rogers has had five of his children attend the school with a sixth child still enrolled. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, speaks to concerned parents of Gilbert Junior High students, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
Gilbert Junior High Repurposing
Michael Brewer, left, asks a question to Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent Dave Allison, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at Gilbert Junior High during a parent meeting informing them of the repurposing plan for the school in the 2013-2014 school year. Brewer has two students at the school, with one in seventh grade and one and eighth grade. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
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soricobob posted at 5:01 am on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
I thought the charter schools were supposed to spark competition not close viable buildings.
WesternConnections posted at 12:56 pm on Mon, Jan 14, 2013.
Parents of Gilbert Junior High School students prsented the board with 49 unanswered questions about this proposal. We'll be running those questions in our posts this week. http://westieconnect.com/
The detrimental effects on GPS junior high schools should cause a laser-like focus on neighboring school districts and their junior high schools. This controversy over closing Gilbert Junior High School, purportedly the GPS administration’s response to known problems at the aging Gilbert Classical Academy campus, can be expected to cost GPS in terms of students leaving the district. We’ve heard justification that the GPS administrative decision to close Gilbert Junior High School won’t cost much. We’ve also heard that this decision will attract out-of-district students, based on the lottery and waiting list for Gilbert Classical Academy. GPS administrators seem to have forgotten the 70 out-of-district students who already attend Gilbert Junior High School and won’t be assigned to a different GPS school; they have a choice.
Actually ALL GPS students have choices, and these short-sighted, ill-conceived executive decisions foreseeably will cascade into ruin for the district. What does GPS plan to offer as competition at the junior high school level? Newly crowded campuses at Greenfield, Highland and Mesquite Junior High Schools, MORE PORTABLES, a principal who retaliated against those who spoke out against his sexcapades, and subsequent ”resignations” of experienced teachers and staff at Highland Junior High. And now this....