The Alameda Unified School District board voted to close Bay Farm Middle School despite pleas from parents and families.
The city of Alameda will lose one of its middle schools. The school board on Tuesday night voted to close Bay Farm Middle School despite pleas and frustration from parents and families. Allie Rasmus reportsThe school board on Tuesday night voted to close Bay Farm Middle School despite pleas and frustration from parents and families. It was not even a month ago - Jan. 10 - that they announced that the Alameda Unified School District would consider a plan to phase-out Bay Farm.
Bay Farm Middle School is the smallest in the district and has smaller class sizes; 23 students vs. 30 or 32 per class.But the school distrcit says it's too expensive to fund a smaller school, and that enrollment at Bay Farm - and across the district - has declined in recent years and that they need to focus financial resources, elsewhere.
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