Article: SANTA FE SCHOOLS: 'What ifs?' help district think outside the box in budget shortfall.

Byline: Anne Constable

May 14--What if Santa Fe Public Schools closed Alameda Middle School, relocated Carlos Gilbert Elementary School to the Alameda campus and created a new state-of-the-art, K-8 school?

What if the district merged Alvord Elementary School with Gonzales Elementary School and allowed Gonzales to grow into a K-8 school?

What if the school district added sixth, seventh and eighth grades to Ramirez Thomas Elementary School instead of using the $10 million in capital-outlay funds to build a new elementary school in Rancho Viejo that it can't afford to operate? Radical alternatives, perhaps. But what if the community and the ...

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