Overview
- Highland, Lincoln and Pennycook will shut by the end of the 2025–26 school year after a unanimous board vote.
- About 1,000 students and more than 100 staff will be affected, with the district pledging enrollment help and personalized transition support.
- Officials moved to eliminate over 200 positions for next school year, with the teachers union seeking to place affected educators at other sites.
- District projections estimate each closure will save roughly $450,000 to $1.1 million annually.
- After months of narrowing seven candidates to three, trustees selected Highland instead of Cooper, marking a second consecutive year of campus closures.