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Long Beach's beloved Eastern Elementary School was saved from the closure after a dramatic vote of the dramatic Board of Education on Monday evening.
The coastline's long island community school faced potential closure in the integration of cost reductions. This is expected that parents trying to save it have promoted a one -year battle.
“I want to say thank you,” said his parents Joan Cup, the board of directors, News 12 It has been reported。 “I think this was hard for everyone.”
The cup started petitioning for support to save the foundation and heart of our community for almost 100 years.
The petition has won nearly 4,100 signatures in the campaign to keep the East Elementary open to the Board of Education.
“We have not experienced a loss of funding to justify the dramatic decisions that were proposed first,” claimed. “In fact, we have seen positive changes in financing. The district does not provide a clear evidence that it is necessary to close the eastern elementary school from a financial point of view.”
The members of the Board of Education eventually listened to the phone from Long Beach and voted 4-1 to save schools from integration.
“The majority of the Board of Directors felt that the advantage of integration did not exceed the risks and concerns we are facing,” said Sam Focus, the president of the Board. According to the patch。
