KANSAS CITY, Mo. AP – Kansas City’s school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district’s schools, while “painful,” will move forward quickly so that all the closures will be complete by fall.
The school board narrowly approved the plan Wednesday night to close 29 of the district’s 61 schools to try to stave off bankruptcy. The closures have angered many parents, students and teachers, but administrators say they had no choice because without them, the district would have been in the red by 2011.
