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Plano ISD to meet on school closure plan
Plano ISD's board of trustees will take up the school closure recommendations that were made by a committee last month. If the plan is approved, two elementary and two middle schools will close in 2025.
PLANO, Texas - The Plano Independent School District is holding a special meeting Monday night to consider recommendations for closing four schools.
The district is discussing a 10-year plan that includes the closure of four campuses – Forman Elementary School, Davis Elementary School, Armstrong Middle School, and Carpenter Middle School.
More than half of the seats are empty in some of those schools as the district continues to see declining enrollment.
The schools in the central and eastern sectors of the city have seen the biggest declines.
The committee did not make recommendations about campuses in the western part of town, where enrollment is going up.
If approved, the closures would start during the 2025 to 2026 school year.
The changes would save an estimated $5 million in annual operating costs.
Plano ISD is considering closing these 4 schools
Plano ISD is considering closing two elementary schools and two middle schools by the 2025 school year. District leaders say it's needed to deal with changing enrollment.
But they would also mean new bus routes and school zone boundaries.
One thing that won’t change is staffing. Plano ISD said no employees would lose their jobs if the changes are approved.
Monday’s meeting starts at 6 p.m.
Trustees will first meet in a closed session and then part of the meeting will be open to the public.