Waterloo residents push to put high school consolidation on the ballot

[RandySF]

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected so far to put a proposed plan to merge two Waterloo high schools on the ballot, organizers say.

The Waterloo School Board approved the $165 million consolidation plan of Waterloo East and West High Schools at a new school facility on Monday in a 5-2 vote.

If successful, the plan will turn the old high school locations into two separate middle schools once the high schools combine for the 2028-29 school year.

Opponents of the plan, many of whom are employees at the high schools, have already created a petition which if it gets 2,300 votes by Aug. 12 will force the school board to either put the plan on the ballot or abandon it.



https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/08/02/waterloo-school-board-votes-to-merge-two-high-schools-despite-concerns/

[rsdsharp]

1. It's been nearly 40 years since I lived in the area,

but when I lived there, East and West didn’t get along.