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Staff Writer One city, one high school; Should the schools combine? Even though it might not happen for a couple of years or even at all, people are getting worried about what will happen to them in the future. Consolidation in only one of the three long-range ideas mentioned in the final facilities plan. The first vision of the plan is focusing on renovating current facilities. The second vision involves building two new schools while also performing repairs. The third and final vision proposes going from two high schools to one on the Lake Oswego High School campus and from two junior highs to one on the Lakeridge High School campus within 10 years. A lot of people are against this idea. Parents Maya and David Barba, who have four children that go to or will soon be going to Lakeridge led a rally to show their displeasure with the concept of the schools combining. Lake Oswego parent Cathy Lewis Dougherty said, “We moved here for the schools. Absolutely that’s the reason we moved. We lived in Los Angeles; I’ve experienced bigger schools. This is better.” Jordan recently posted on a new Facebook page called Save Lakeridge that he has started a petition drive at change.org in support of keeping two high schools. He said he plans to deliver the petition, which had 1,137 supporters, to the Lake Oswego School Board. There are more concerns about the schools conditions as well which is giving more reasons for these plans to happen. The condition of the school buildings, 8 out of 10 of which are in “poor” or “critical” condition. This could impact the future of the students as well as the community. Do you want the schools to combine? |
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