ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 6月14日 21時56分

After classes let out last Monday, Arena Community Elementary was shuttered permanently by the River Valley School District, whose administrators say that unforgiving budgets, a dearth of students and an aging population have made it impossible to keep the school open. For the first time since the 1800s, the village of Arena has no school. The school is the second small rural elementary school in 2 years to close in the district, nearly 300 square miles of rolling pastures and dairy farms in southwestern Wisconsin. The one in the neighboring village of Lone Rock closed last spring. The district now has just one open public elementary school, in Spring Green, 9 miles away. The same scene is playing out across rural America. People worry about losing not just their schools but their town’s future — that the closings will prompt the remaining residents and businesses to drift away and leave the place a ghost town. Rural schools have been closing in waves for decades, but the debate has taken on sharp urgency this year. Arena’s last day capped a long, bitter and personal debate that has divided the rural community far more than any political debate or presidential election has. Friendships soured. Co-workers took sides. Elected officials held long and emotional hearings. Residents voted on a referendum attempting to raise money and save the school. School board officials faced a recall election. @alyssaschukar took this photo of Isabelle Roske after dropping off her sister, Lola, at Arena Community Elementary School. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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