The Bethel community will soon say goodbye to Shasta Middle School, but the building will likely continue serving youth in its second life.
The Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley is in talks with the Bethel School District to become the primary tenant in the building following the school closure. Bethel is closing Shasta Middle School at the end of the year due to enrollment decline and rising personnel costs. The future of the building, however, remained unclear until a recent Bethel School Board meeting.
Shelly Ivey, executive director of Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley, presented the organization’s informal proposal to the board Feb. 25. Currently across the parking lot at Clear Lake Community Center, the organization’s move to Shasta would expand its after-school and summer programming to meet the area’s growing child care needs…