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Sac City middle school consolidation plan criticized

Published: Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

Sutter Middle School seemingly dodged one consolidation plan, but it still may have a fight on its hands to preserve what some describe as a jewel of the city's school system.

Sutter parents and students turned out at the Sacramento City Unified School District meeting Thursday night to protest a trustee proposal to merge the school with the lower-performing and sparsely populated Kit Carson Middle School, and convert Sutter into a high school serving east Sacramento.

The parents were originally upset about a recommendation by a board-appointed committee to combine the two middle schools. Superintendent Jonathan Raymond advised against that



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