KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education voted Thursday night to move El Sol Elementary School to a new location.
The school has been in the Vine Neighborhood since 1924. The plan would move the school to a plot of land on Baker Street, which used to be Brucker Elementary, according to the district.
Construction would begin in the fall and take two years to complete, the district said. It would cost $41 million and be funded from a nearly $200 million bond approved by voters in 2022.
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However, some neighbors are against the plan. Vine Neighborhood Association Executive Director Stephen Walsh believes moving the school will hurt the neighborhood.
“Let’s back these things up and look at how it’s all connected, neighborhood health, children’s health and the ability to walk to school,” Walsh said…