School closing economics

Okaloosa County has announced it is closing in 2008 Ocean City Elementary because its enrollment has fallen below 600 students.

As reported in the Daily News:
It takes about 600 students for an elementary school to be economically viable, officials explained.

Escambia County has over a dozen schools with less than 600 students. It’s time we look at consolidating more schools.

Read Daily News article: Parents question closing of school

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”