The Wichita Board of Education voted 4-2 Monday to schedule the closure of four elementary schools in the district — rejecting a community effort to persuade the board to reconsider.
L’Ouverture, OK, Pleasant Valley and Woodland elementary schools will close as soon as the end of next school year. None of the schools are closing this year.
The timeline passed by the school board provides two sets of dates for closing the schools: one if voters approve a bond issue in November and another if they don’t.
The school board first voted to close the schools in 2024 as part of the district’s Facility Master Plan. Community discussion about the closures was recently revived after district staff recommended a timeline for closing the schools…