An Anchorage group hoping to prevent the closure of a local elementary school that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math took its case to court Monday.
The Campbell STEM Preservation and Education Foundation filed suit in early April against the Anchorage School District and Anchorage School Board over their decision to close Campbell STEM Elementary School. The lawsuit claims the school district did not give enough notice when it recommended closing the school to address the district’s roughly $90 million budget deficit.
A lawyer for the school district and board says the community got sufficient notice of the decision to close the school…