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Business paper suggests Elba and Oakfield-Alabama districts should merge

By Howard B. Owens

Business First takes a look at tax-relief recommendations encouraging mergers between smaller school districts, and comes up with a list of 13 potential consolidations in WNY, among them Elba and Oakfield-Alabama.

Elba/Oakfield-Alabama

Enrollment is 35 percent lighter in Elba (537 students) than in any other Genesee County district. The closest option for consolidation is 10 minutes down the road in Oakfield-Alabama (990). The resulting district (1,527) would still have fewer students than nearby Batavia.

Karen Miconi

This idea has been pondered for years, at least since I was attending Elba School{ early 80's}. Maybe you should do a poll Howard, to see what the people, from both towns, opinions are on this.

Jun 5, 2009, 8:58am Permalink

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