After weeks of debate and waffling between which elementary schools to study, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education made its choice at its recent meeting of the campuses it will further explore for potential closure.
In a split vote, 4-3, the board decided to request CHCCS staff examine Ephesus, Glenwood and Seawell elementary schools — and keep the Estes Hills Elementary and Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe Elementary campuses on track for replacement through bond-funded construction.
As community members had the last few CHCCS Board of Education meetings, many shared passionate public comments about the importance of protecting a school where they taught, attended, or had children going there. PTA presidents, educators and even a Glenwood Elementary fifth graders were among those who spoke Thursday night, urging the school board members to either not close any schools or simply not close theirs…