Future of Lake Butler Middle School in doubt – Restructuring would send 5th grade to elementary; Grades 6, 7 and 8 to high school

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Union County’s school district is grappling with a nearly $1.4 million budget shortfall this year and facing similar losses in the coming years, forcing Superintendent Mike Ripplinger to consider a dramatic restructuring that could include combining the middle and high schools into a single campus. In a somber district-wide meeting on…