Leaders of Gainesville’s Black community convened a town hall at Dayspring Missionary Baptist Church on Feb. 16 to discuss the potential closure of several schools in east Gainesville.
The Visionaires and the Alachua County NAACP addressed a packed room of residents demanding to know why draft rezoning maps released by the district earlier this month disproportionately effect the city’s historically underserved east side.
District officials say under-enrollment has put Williams, Stephen Foster, Rawlings and Alachua elementary schools and Duval Early Learning Academy under consideration for closure…