To address declining enrollment and cut operating costs by about $5 million a year, the district will close 2 middle and 2 elementary schools before the start of 2025-26.
KDFW-TV reports that closing Davis and Forman elementary schools and Carpenter and Armstrong middle schools will save about $5 million per year in operating costs.
The board voted unanimously to close the schools down before the start of the 2025-26 school year.
District administrators said no staff members will lose their job because of the closures.
Among the factors that the committee weighed to reach its decisions: the age of buildings, the expense of renovations and whether nearby campuses could accommodate students from facilities that close.
Board members said declining enrollment was the reason for the closures. About a decade ago, Plano had 54,551 students. Now it has just under 48,000. Some of the schools in Plano’s central and eastern sectors are half-empty.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education forAmerican School & Universitysince 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
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