001[Music] Good afternoon uh and welcome to the June 4th, 2025 public hearing regarding the closing of Schuman School. Um this is a public hearing and meaning that we're here to hear from you. Uh we'll first have a presentation by Mr. Batra. Thank you Mr. Moss and the members of the board as well as thank you to everyone else who is joining us today. We are here to announce the proposed closure of Schuman Elementary School as part of our broader effort to improve facility efficiency and provide better learning environments for all students. After careful analysis of building conditions, enrollment, and long-term planning, we are recommending that Schuman Elementary be closed and its students reassigned to Juliet Low Elementary School, Henderson Forme Early Childhood Center and AB Williams Elementary School. These schools have the space to accommodate
002these students. Key factors behind this recommendation include facility condition. Schuman's building requires major investment and is no longer ideal for instruction capacity and efficiency. Juliet Low and other schools can serve the student population without expansion. Minimized disruption transitions will be planned to keep families together and maintain natural grade progression. The Schuman facility will be repurposed, helping the district reduce operational costs and consolidate services. This decision reflects our commitment to better facilities and long-term sustainability. And we will support families and staff through every step of the transition. As required by law, an advertisement was placed twice in the newspaper, and I'm showing the ad on the screens. the Schuman. Uh, thank you for your time and support and I'll turn it back to over to Mr. Moss. So, as I said at the beginning, this is
003a public hearing meeting. We are here to listen to you. So, um, I don't have a list of anyone who has signed up to speak. Uh, would any of you like to speak? Okay. Please um and please give us your name. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Tony Riley and I'm a resident of the uh immediate area. I think uh finally uh you guys ladies and gentlemen have uh probably come up with a good idea uh in closing this facility in particular. But the one thing I would like to say that I would not like to see this building um sitting there or turning into a uh annex facility for administrative purposes for the school system. Uh there's a great program uh in my neighborhood over on Anderson Street um with the uh
004school there, Savannah School there. And I think that this school will be another opportunity uh for the same kind of program. And that's all I have today. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Anyone else? Okay, I will accept a motion to move and seconded. All in favor? All right, thank you very much.