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Vicki Shirly, director of the Peninsula Community Library (which is located inside the Old Mission Peninsula School), sent me a note that there’s a TCAPS Board Meeting on Monday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m., and school closures are on the agenda.
Click here to see videos and read about the community meeting we had with TCAPS superintendent Paul Soma in October. Yes, our beloved OMPS is facing possible closure.
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The meeting – which the board is calling a retreat – will be held in the curriculum rooms at the Ida Tompkins Administration Building at 412 Webster in Traverse City (on the corner of Webster St. and Boardman Ave.).
Vicki says she’s calling our attendance at the meeting a “community call to action,” as during the public comment time, she plans to ask everyone in the audience who is from the Old Mission community to stand up.
So be sure and attend, so we can show the TCAPS school board our support for Old Mission Peninsula School! Best get there early and carpool, if possible, as I’m sure parking will be a challenge.
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