Our elementary school has had one really big cool thing that has set us apart from other schools for 22 year. We were the home of the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center. My kids both volunteered there. They worked there during school (as an incentive to keep up and do well in classes). They attended space missions with parties, scouts, friends. People from across the state and even into Idaho and Wyoming knew about the Space Center. As a PTA volunteer, other PTA moms would immediately recognize our school when I 'd say "we're the ones with the Space Center" and they would invariably reply "That is the coolest place ever...my kids love that place...how lucky are you that it is in your school?!" or somethin gto that effect.
But the district announced this week the Space Center is closed. See the article from the Salt Lake Tribune HERE
What a devastating announcement. We just held our Council PTA meeting at the school this week,hours before this announcement.
I am not sure the kids have heard yet. We weren't online that evening and I woke up to a flurry of comments, posts and rallying cries online this morning. I have yet to read one things that was not positive about the center. And in the final push of an election cycle, that is welcomed news.
I'll keep you posted, but this is a really sad day for those of us who love Central, the Space Center, our town, Mr. Williamson, and all the great memories made at a very special place that, as of right now, has a very unstable future.
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