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in response to sam3rd:

First, congratulations to most of you on your ignorance.
I am a recent graduate of the Maryville system and a proud graduate of Fort Craig and let me be the first to tell you that most of the "facts" that you are throwing up on this post are completely false. I will (obviously) admit that the statistics that you give are valid and provide a great point but the majority of the argument is based on "he said, she said" about rumors that are flying around like this is middle school--not a conversation between adults. I can understand people's anger and frustration but let's get to the root of the cause--which was clearly stated multiple times in the article for those of you who "conveniently" overlooked it--money. No one (well except Denny, perhaps) will deny that Fort Craig students perform at a higher standard than the other elementary schools but no one seems to be bothered by the "why" of the statistic. The numbers that were previously given mean nothing without context. And here is the context--Fort Craig students perform better because the environment is more conducive to this. The classroom sizes are smaller which leads to a smaller teacher: student ratio so there is more one-on-one attention. The only problem with this--its super expensive and money is the driving force behind the proposed closing of the school. Many of the previous comments talk about how Stephanie Thompson doesn't like Fort Craig and wants to see it closed but has anybody heard her say this specifically? I didn't think so. Before we continue to throw around vicious rumors about the "village idiots" on the school board, why don't we stop being ignorant bloggers and do something productive about it? I am writing on here because I find the previous comments from the "educated" public to be humorous in their ignorant discourse. The entire thought that Mrs. Thompson was groomed to be Director of Schools to specifically shut down Fort Craig from the beginning is completely invalid and honestly laughable, but agentorange007, I suppose that if your "fruitcake" of a neighbor said it, it must be true. You might want to go take a quick intro to psychology course where the first thing you will learn is that correlation doesn't lead to causation...aka your coincidences are merely that--coincidences.