Selling Anderson HS is not an option

Rumors that the Forest Hills School District board of education is planning to sell Anderson High School due to financial concerns were put to rest, for now, by the district's superintendent in a Tuesday message to the community.

"I will not present an option to unify schools or otherwise change the makeup of FHSD to the Board," superintendent Larry Hook wrote. "The decision to unify high schools must be one made by our community at large."

Discussions about the district's financial woes will focus on possible levy scenarios instead, Hook wrote.

The district is putting a "pause" on the plan to unify the high schools, Hook said. The district will make the proposed plan they were considering available to the public sometime next week on its website.

"It is important that we address these pressing financial challenges quickly and set our schools up for long-term success. My recommendation to the Board, at this point in time, is to pursue a combined operating levy and permanent improvement levy in May," Hook wrote.