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RCS BOARD APPROVES STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN HIBBERD WILL CLOSE

(Richmond, IN)--On Wednesday night, the Richmond Community School Board unanimously approved the district’s strategic plan covering the next four years.  That plan includes several major steps, including the potential decommissioning of the Hibberd building.  But, Board Vice President Nicole Stults made this point Wednesday night:  "We are not closing the Hibberd building.  There have been no decisions that have been made to that effect.  That Hibberd building has been identified as a high-need, high-cost building," Stults said.  Others on the Board said that the new plan is not set in stone and called the plan a working document that would be reviewed quarterly.  They also indicated that teachers would be involved in decisions.