Physical Education Teacher Mark Heysell said the news that Northwood might close has stressed the tight knit community, including students who have questions he can’t answer.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - At just over 300 students, the Anchorage school district considers Northwood elementary enrollment to be at 69% capacity. But Northwood principal Elizabeth Hornbuckle said her school is growing, which is why she never expected it to make the list of potential school closures.
Hornbuckle is a longtime ASD principal but new this year to Northwood, one of six schools the district has proposed closing as part of a plan to fill a $68 million budget gap. Even in her short time there, she said, she has come to realize the school is a special place and important to the families who attend. Hornbuckle said many students have parents, even grandparents who attended Northwood.
The proposal would send students to Lake Hood Elementary, a school less than two miles from Northwood. But Heysell said many Northwood students would need to take a bus and he worries about that too. Principal Hornbuckle said the hardest part for her if Northwood closes will be letting her students go.
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