GRATIOT - The first of several meetings to discuss the future of the Gratiot Middle School building and land has been moved to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at the Gratiot fire station, 5835 Sheldon St.
The Black Hawk School District board voted in October to close the middle school at the end of this academic year to help pull the district ouf of a budget hole almost $436,000 deep. Students will be moved to the district's other campus in South Wayne.
The land the middle school is on belongs to the Village of Gratiot, so the district and village are working together to decide the site's future. The district could keep the building for storage, or negotiate a sale of the property with the village.
- Katjusa Cisar
The Black Hawk School District board voted in October to close the middle school at the end of this academic year to help pull the district ouf of a budget hole almost $436,000 deep. Students will be moved to the district's other campus in South Wayne.
The land the middle school is on belongs to the Village of Gratiot, so the district and village are working together to decide the site's future. The district could keep the building for storage, or negotiate a sale of the property with the village.
- Katjusa Cisar