BUTLER TWP — Parents of students at the Clarence Brown Educational Center voiced concerns about future educational options at a hearing Tuesday evening on the school’s closure.

The school provides programming for students who need emotional support or help with life skills.

For many parents, the most important issue is where students will attend school next fall after Clarence Brown is expected to close in June.

Tonya Boyer of Slippery Rock, who has a daughter at the school, said change can be extremely difficult for students who attend Clarence Brown.

“(These students) don’t like change in routine. They don’t like changing buildings,” Boyer said. “Our kids should be the most important. I just wish there was a way we could save this school.”

Boyer also voiced concerns if the students would have the same individualized attention that the Clarence Brown program can provide.