Some residents of the Harmony school district don’t want to be a part of a consolidation with Van Buren, according to this article from the Burlington Hawk Eye. In November, the AEA denied all requests to shift land from one district to another (Google Doc), including land bordering other districts. (Harmony’s eastern border, on average, is about three miles east of the Van Buren County line.)
The article happened to indirectly address something I’d been wondering — if a consolidation would result in the Douds school closing. It said the Douds school is full, and a reorganization could result in some students in the existing Van Buren district going to the Harmony school instead.
Reminder: When Harmony started whole-grade sharing, Bonaparte Elementary closed, and students were moved to the school that is at the intersection of J40 and W46 north of Farmington.