Washington Co. school district hear’s from public on closing schools [Video]

A slew of public forums happened at elementary schools across the Washington Central Unified Union School District Wednesday evening. The goal of the forums is for members of the school district to hear how potential school closings would affect the public. The district said capacities are low in their five elementary schools at an average 47% capacity rate, and students could gain from consolidation. “We want to have an ideal class size for students to learn. We want to have full-time nurses, full-time principals, full-time counseling,” Flor Diaz Smith, the Chair of the WCUUSD board, said. “We want to be able to expand our opportunities for our kids and make sure they have as many extra activities and learning opportunities as we can.”District leaders cite how, currently, not everyone is able to participate in programs they would like.”We have some schools that don’t have bands, for example, or are not …