Community members gathered together Wednesday evening for plans to take action to save Murrayville-Woodson school.
Concerns arose after District 117 released their Vision 117 plan proposals of the next phase of improvements for District 117 in a video. Since the video has been released there has been a lot of discussion and some concerns raised about decisions regarding Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School.
A few of the options in the Vision 117 plan include closing Murrayville-Woodson school. Murrayville would either get closed causing all students to be pushed to go to South Jacksonville Elementary or a new school would be built in Jacksonville to accommodate them.
The Murrayville community met together at Murrayville United Methodist Church to learn about what the proposals are and what actions to take next.
As people walked in, they had the option to sign a petition. The petition stated that those who signed it do support and recommend that the District 117 board of education modernize and renovate Murrayville-Woodson school building using sales tax funds and any other source of monies available to complete the job, while the petition also stated it did not support the closing of the school.
The community let their voices be heard during the meeting. Community members were encouraged to contact District 117 school board members to express their concern in a positive light.
“There’s a lot of options on the table, but what it all boils down to is that we don’t want to lose our school,” said Woodson Village President, Bruce Milner.
Milner said it concerns him as he is trying to make improvements to the town such as the streets and sidewalks. Murrayville school is at the heart of Murrayville and Woodson. Taking the school away would have effects on generations to come.
“If you take the heart out of the community, it’s hard to survive,” Milner said.
“I think what you saw tonight was a concerned community,” said Jeremy Johnson, concerned community member and speaker during the meeting. “We just want the best for our students.”
“This is my community, this is where I grew up. I don’t want my kids to have to ride the bus to South (South Jacksonville Elementary),” said Taylor Suttles, organizer of the meeting and Noon Supervisor for Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School.
She said she encourages people to look at the facts from the Vision 117 proposals and think about how it will affect them.
A final decision from the District 117 school board will be determined later in the year regarding the future of the school.
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