WHITTIER TO REMAIN OPEN FOR NOW

SIOUX CITY'S WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR NOW AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 4-3 MONDAY NIGHT ON A NEW MOTION.

JOHN MEYERS, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AFTER NANCY MOUNTS RESIGNED, MOVED TO KEEP WHITTIER OPEN UNTIL ANOTHER MORNINGSIDE AREA SCHOOL...WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY.... COULD BE RENOVATED.

WASHINGTON, LIKE WHITTIER, IS AN AGING SCHOOL AND WAS TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF FIVE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD HAVE ABSORBED WHITTIER'S STUDENTS.

INSTEAD, WHITTIER WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL WASHINGTON IS MODERNIZED...A PROCESS THAT WILL LIKELY TAKE A FEW YEARS.