MOUNT GREENWOOD — A meeting to discuss Keller Regional Gifted Center's possible move to North Beverly will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the school, 3020 W. 108th St., in Mount Greenwood.
An email sent to Keller parents Thursday morning said the "special call meeting" of the Local School Council will be held in Keller's media center.
A school official later confirmed the possible move to the campus of Kate S. Kellogg Elementary School at 9241 S. Leavitt St. in North Beverly would be the topic of the meeting.
Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) announced a sweeping public school restructuring plan Tuesday for the 19th Ward. Among the highlights of the plan is the merger of Kellogg and Sutherland Elementary School, which is also located in Beverly.
The combined school would be located on Sutherland's campus at 10015 S. Leavitt St. This would allow Keller — a magnet school with 252 students — to move to the slightly larger building vacated by Kellogg.
Meanwhile, the Keller campus would be used to help ease overcrowding at Mount Greenwood Elementary School, which is just 3½ blocks away at 10841 S. Homan Ave. The administration at Mount Greenwood would manage all buildings included in the potentially expanded campus, O'Shea said.
As for Keller, O'Shea said moving to Beverly might allow the school to add a kindergarten program or expand its special education department. He also said most of the Keller students live closer to Kellogg than to the campus in Mount Greenwood.
O'Shea pointed to a 2010 effort to move Keller that ultimately failed. He said there's been no threat for the school to leave since the neighborhood rallied to keep it, but he believes a pre-emptive move might keep such ideas from resurfacing.
"I think it is important to have a gifted center in your community," he said.
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