Beverly Hills and Enslow

Tuesday evening, I went to the Beverly Hills Middle School PTA meeting to hear what folks think about the possible consolidatio of Beverly Hills and Enslow middle schools. What I didn't hear was any talk about the K-8 school that people at the Enslow meeting two weeks ago endorsed.

Most of the talk Tuesday dealt with whether Beverly Hills had room to absorb the Enslow kids, or whether a new middle school could be built on Norway Avenue next to the Vo Tech Center.

Nothing really stood out except that several teachers and retired teachers were all for consolidation. One thing I did notice was the absence of men from the community. About three-fourths of the people at the meeting, not counting people from the school board central office, were women.

It's hard to say whether the Beverly Hills community would ever support consolidation. People at Enslow say they don't want to lose their neighborhood school. Just guessing here, but public sentiment at both places would seem to favor allowing the Enslow K-8 school, but the central office would prefer consolidating the two middle schools.