Phoenicia school to stay open: Onteora board votes for "bookends"

The Daily Freeman reports that the vote was 6 to 1, with Dan Spencer as the lone holdout.

The Times Herald-Record has a few more details, including some figures on savings:

Having two lower elementary and one upper elementary building allows for larger classes, helping the district achieve $2.12 million in savings. This is expected to get the district $443,055 below the 2 percent tax levy cap.

The district will slash 28.5 positions in the realignment.

Phoenicia's hamlet-boosting Twitter handle, run by local resident Jen Dragon, rejoices:

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