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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it's not struggling as much as the other schools discussed on this thread, but do people think Two Rivers will be closing the 4th street campus within the next 5 years? We live in the neighborhood and have seen a steady stream of families exiting TR4 moving to our school and others. People seem pretty disillusioned by 1st and 2nd. And that 4th street campus is so cramped and dated at this point -- I would have thought they'd have renovated or moved by now, but seems like problems with retention and fundraising might be delaying that.

They have that nice campus at Young, it seems like there is a strong argument for just consolidating there and using the united campus to address existing issues and regroup. In retrospect it was probably a mistake to expand, but now that they have, it seems obvious that a consolidation would happen at Young.

Also if you are at the TR4 campus, would you follow the school to Young? Are you happy and do you intend to stay through elementary or into MS?[/quote]

I think as long as they have a mostly full enrollment, they'll keep it open.  Think through how it would work. There's not enough room at Young to move everyone there. They can't just kick out their current kids from 4th (I mean, maybe technically they can, but it's a nuclear option). Their retention into middle school is poor and will be worse with a smaller elementary class moving up. So this could actually make their situation worse rather than better. [/quote]

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