Butler Intermediate to retain name following grade switch
BUTLER TWP — Even after sixth-grade students move in at the start of next school year, Butler Intermediate High School will retain its name, at least for a short time to reduce confusion.
Brian White, superintendent of Butler Area School District, told the two people Tuesday at the mandatory hearing regarding the closing of Butler Middle School. According to White, the state Department of Education requires school districts to hold a public hearing when a school board is making the decision to close a school.
Administrators and the school board have been discussing the closing of Butler Middle School for years now, so the hearing was comprised only of a presentation from White and some comments from the two school board members in attendance.
“Sometimes when you have school closing hearings it’s very contentious activity because you have it right then,” White said. “This has been happening over four years, so I think at this point if someone didn’t know the middle school was closing, they have not been living in Butler very long.”
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