Montour School District to Close Ingram Elementary

The Montour School Board last week voted to shutter Ingram Elementary School, which may be used as an alternative education center for the district's students. 

Citing low test scores and declining enrollment in the building, the board approved a plan that would place students in kindergarten through second grade in the Forest Grove Elementary building and place third and fourth-graders n Burkett Elementary. 

The move drew criticism from parents in attendance at the meeting. 

The district will implement the plan at the beginning of its 2012-2013 school year. The board also approved a measure to hire Gateway Engineers to evaluate potential sites for a new $42 million elementary school that would consolodate the existing two elementary buildings.  

The board also approved a $58.2 million proposed final budget at the meeting, which holds the line on taxes in the district at 18.9 mils.  

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