Hearing to Be Held Today on Closing of Burke Elementary

By Julie Hubbard, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.

Jun. 12–A public hearing about the Bibb County school system’s consideration to close Burke Elementary School in Macon will be held at 6 tonight.

The meeting will be held at Burke Elementary, 2051 Second St.

Earlier this year Superintendent Sharon Patterson recommended a redistricting plan that includes closing Burke for the 2009-10 school year, combining students in that zone with Ingram-Pye Elementary School students.

Both schools are underpopulated, Patterson said.

By law, school officials are required to hold two public hearings in order to close a school.

Another public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, also at the elementary school.

—–

To see more of The Macon Telegraph, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.macon.com

Copyright (c) 2007, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.

Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.