Facing pressing financial challenges, the Little Rock School District will close Western Hills, McDermott and Mabelvale elementary schools after the current school year.
Under intense financial pressure, the Little Rock School Board voted Thursday night to close three elementary schools: Western Hills, Mabelvale and McDermott.
The decision to cut costs by closing three schools followed months of public meetings and board deliberations over how to address declining enrollment, underused buildings and the district’s financial challenges, all while weighing the consequences for the school communities affected by the closures…
The Little Rock School Board's Thursday vote to close three elementary schools amid declining enrollment came as data shows more than a third of school-age children in Little Rock do not attend the district's schools.
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