Speak up for military kids
I know the School Board is faced with hard decisions when it comes to closing schools due to low enrollment . Schools like Atlantic Beach Elementary and Fishweir have a local community of not only parents who attended those schools, but also grandparents. They can rally the neighborhood and call on business owners or civic leaders to plead the case that their school should remain open.
Anchor Academy (formerly Finegan Elementary) is just outside the gate of Naval Station Mayport and serves almost exclusively the military kids. Neither their parents nor grandparents attended the school, and chances are none of the kids will stay at Anchor for their entire elementary school journey. One of their parents is probably deployed and the other is busy working or caring for children.
They won’t have the time to come to the meetings and plead the case for Anchor Academy. The Navy can’t plead the case either.
Therefore, I am calling on everyone in Jacksonville who ever served in the military or was a dependent to call or send an email or letter to the School Board. We must be the parental backup for these kids.