{"id":58860,"date":"2014-12-17T17:47:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T01:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=58860"},"modified":"2015-02-14T22:31:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T06:31:02","slug":"help-save-the-pinecrest-lancaster-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/12\/17\/help-save-the-pinecrest-lancaster-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Help save the Pinecrest Lancaster campus!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pinecrest Lancaster campus is located at 2110 West Avenue K.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Pinecrest Schools parent Giselijn Knight<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you tell your children that the school they love is shutting down? <\/em>We received a short letter this week from Pinecrest Schools, informing us that our school in Lancaster will be closing at the end of this school year. The school has been unable to renegotiate a lease for the campus and sees no other options than to close in only a few months, according to the letter. [Read it here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

There was no warning, no attempt to involve parents or the community, nothing \u2013 just a short letter with devastating news and no apparent way out.<\/p>\n

For us, it means that our children\u2019s education is going to drastically change. For the children, it means they will need to leave behind the place they trust, the place that has given them security and friends for a large part of their lives. For the staff and teachers, it means they are out of a job.<\/p>\n

Our children are heartbroken. If we can\u2019t find a way to keep the school going, the students will have to go to another school and get used to a completely new environment. For some children, this happens only a few times in their lives. However, a lot of Pinecrest students belong to military parents, who must move every few years. Trying to minimize change in your child\u2019s life is difficult enough without schools deciding to close their doors.<\/p>\n

Pinecrest is a great school. It was even voted \u201cBest Private School\u201d in the Antelope Valley this year.<\/p>\n

At Pinecrest Schools\u2019 Lancaster campus, there are wonderful students who want to learn, great teachers and staff who desperately want to teach, and parents who want to help in any way we can.<\/p>\n

When everyone is so eager to create a great environment for children to learn and develop, how can it be possible that the only solution is to shut down that very location where all the learning takes place?<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer<\/span>: The views expressed in this article are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The AV Times.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Email letters@theavtimes.com<\/a> to submit a story to Your Issues | Your News<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s note<\/span>: Knight is one of many concerned parents rallying to keep the Pinecrest Lancaster campus open. Other parents have created Facebook and Twitter pages to raise public awareness about the school\u2019s closure and to organize an effort stop it.To support this effort, visit www.facebook.com\/savepinecrest<\/a> or <\/em>https:\/\/twitter.com<\/em>\/savepinecrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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