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Update: AB Forward Eliminates 5 Options

Posted Date: 11/19/25 (04:30 PM)
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November 19, 2025 - The AB Forward Steering Committee met on 11/18/2025 and voted to eliminate 5 options from consideration.  The options that are not moving forward are:

  1. Option 1: Maintain the status quo.
  2. Option 7, Version 1: Maintain all 4 elementary buildings and all 6 individual elementary schools, but organized as K-5, moving 6th grade to the Junior High.
  3. Option 7, Version 2: Maintain all 4 elementary buildings and all 6 individual elementary schools, but organized as K-5, moving 6th grade to the Junior High and moving 8th graders to the High School. 
  4. Option 8, Version 1: Combine the K-5 grade-level shift (moving 6th graders to the Junior High) with any of the elementary consolidation options.
  5. Option 9: Expand the region (this option is a long-term solution and would require significant coordination and planning).
After two rounds of voting, this decision to eliminate the above options was made based on polling where committee members had expressed unanimous agreement.  The other options had varied levels of support for either elimination or keeping, and will be discussed further at the December 2nd meeting.

This stage of the process involves incredibly difficult decision-making. A decision that may feel like relief to some may represent a significant loss for others.  I would strongly encourage us all to act with both empathy and compassion for all of the members of our community as we move through the next month or so together.  This is not easy and is deeply impacting many of us in different ways.

We will work to have all of the documents, information, and a detailed summary of the meeting posted to our website over the next few days.

Sincerely,

Peter Light
 

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