On July 28, 2011, the School Board approved the Staff Recommendation in its entirety, passing and including the amendments regarding Pine Spring, Columbia Pines and Barcroft Knolls. The vote on the amendment to keep Wakefield Forest ES at Poe MS and Annandale HS failed on a 6-6 tie. School board members voting for the amendment (and therefore to keep Wakefield Forest ES at Poe MS and Annandale HS) were Jane Strauss, Ilryong Moon, Daniel Storck, Patty Reed, Tina Hone and Sandy Evans. Those voting against the amendment were Tessie Wilson, Brad Center, Stu Gibson, Liz Bradsher, Jim Raney and Kathy Smith. The School Board was obviously torn in this decision, and we understand that. However, we are pleased that in the end, the School Board valued a long-term approach to resolve the overcrowding.
We wish to thank the hardworking Facilities staff, the School Board and their staff and the Ad Hoc Committee for the considerable time and effort they put into this process. Thank you also to the many of you who wrote the School Board to let them know your opinion. Your voice was heard!
Now is the time to move forward and heal. We are hopeful that we will once again be able to come together as a community.
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