MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — The Muncie School Board’s decision to close one of the c ity’s two high schools has some students looking to enroll elsewhere. Officials from some school districts outside Muncie say they’ve talked with n umerous students and parents about transferring since the Nov. 18 vote to turn M uncie Southside High School into a middle school. Muncie Central will be the dis trict’s only high school. Cowan Community Schools superintendent Dennis Chambers tells The Star Press ( http://tspne.ws/1eYPwYs ) about 15 Muncie students have started the process to t ransfer in January, but some grades in the Cowan schools can’t accept more stude nts. The Monroe Central and Delaware Community schools say they’ve each talked wit h about two dozen Muncie students about transfers. Muncie schools officials say declining enrollment and budget troubles forced the consolidation decision.
