But kids, you (and Cooper) are missing the main tenet of this round of closures – it’s about building condition and little else.

I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere about what I believe is the district’s view in this case: Pathfinder’s program is more valuable to the district than Cooper’s program. Pathfinder is in a terrible building (and have been for a very long time), Cooper is in a newish building that they do not fill and so the district is willing to give up Cooper’s program for Pathfinder’s.

They do make the mistake of trying to finding some favor for whites and/or wealthier communities. That argument has never won favor before with either the district or the Board (and, in fact, seems to irritate Board members). I think it does more harm than good to use it especially when there is no proof. The fact that they haul Lowell into their argument when Lowell has absolutely nothing to do with their school or the possible loss of its building says something.