Belfast-area district might close an elementary school to cut costs

Belfast-area district might close an elementary school to cut costs

Administrators in Regional School Unit 71 are proposing to close the Kermit Nickerson Elementary School in Swanville at the end of the school year in an effort to cut costs and streamline its operations. The district will schedule a community meeting about the potential closure in the coming days, said interim school superintendent Bob England. Swanville voters would have to approve the closure for it to proceed, he said. The Nickerson school’s …