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Pioneer to close Pearl Rhodes

Posted on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/28/2019
Link: Complete Article

Pearl Rhodes Elementary School

NORTHFIELD — Leyden’s Pearl Rhodes Elementary School is closing at the end of June, the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee decided last night.

Warwick Community School, which the committee has also been thinking about closing, gets another year, for now.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you,” said Warwick Selectboard Chairman Doc Pruyne, on his way out of the room after the vote.

For the most part committee members agreed that it would make the best sense financially to close both schools. But the quality of Warwick’s building and its reputation for attracting out-of-town students were seen as assets that could improve with time.

Of the 12 members of the committee, only one was not at the meeting. The votes were: eight in favor of closing Pearl Rhodes, three against; three in favor of closing Warwick Community School, eight against.

Continue Reading at Greenfield Recorder

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Pearl Rhodes Elementary School, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools

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