Consolidation in Big Picture - Robert Gruver, member of the Board of Education, last night explained that the question of joining Lemon Township schools with the Middletown district centers on whether "Middletown is going to grow... or stay static."If the city annexes suburban territory, he pointed out, the city board will have to provide for the education of the added district's children. Early consolidation of schools would mean that the board would not have to go about the job in a piecemeal fashion, he said. "We have to look at it from the overall picture of the growth of this community," Gruver stated. The board member's remarks came in response to questions by Thomas Stubbs at last night's meeting of the board in the high school...

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