First round of school-closing hearings focuses on safety and student stability

First round of school-closing hearings focuses on safety and student stability

The Philadelphia School District has released a new closings plan, lowering the number of schools it plans to close from an initial 37 down to 29, after weeks of contentious community meetings and public protests.

The following schools are closed Thursday, Feb. 21 due to weather. Academy of Salon & Spa, Fort Smith Alma Public Schools Arkansas Tech Career Center, Russellville Arkansas Tech Ozark Campus Arkansas Tech

As the march toward the largest mass school closing in Philadelphia history continues, the voices of detractors grow louder. Thursday night, the voices were very loud indeed. First, about 100 people burst into a School Reform Commission meeting with

The following schools are closed Feb. 22: Eureka Springs Public Schools Fanshawe, Okla., Public Schools Oark Public Schools Wister, Okla., Public Schools Stay with 5NEWS for the latest in weather and school closings.

Although some Philadelphia students and communities were glad to have a reprieve and felt that their voices were heard, supporters of a moratorium on school closings said that they hadn't changed their minds as a result of