School administrators cite low enrollment. But a parent group is pushing back.
Original Air Date: September 19, 2025
Host: Wilkinson Elementary could become the first school since 1969 the Sarasota school district puts on the chopping block. And its closure could be the first of more to come, among dropping student numbers and sagging budgets. With the gambit of closing the school and moving administrative offices there, staffers want to avoid a possible takeover of the building by a private, for-profit school, as a new Florida law seems to allow. But a group of parents is pursuing a different project: reviving the school. Dania Hefley reports.
Dania Hefley: Before Tuesday’s Sarasota school board budget meeting, supporters of the Wilkinson parents gathered outside:…