Parents upset at TPS vote to close four elementary schools

Parents are upset at the Tulsa Public Schools' vote to close four elementary schools this fall in order to save money amid a budget deficit.

2 Works for You's Gitzel Puente has more.

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RAISING CONCERNSABOUT BIGGER CLASS SIZES.LAST NIGHT -- THE TULSAPUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARDUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A NEWSTAFFING PLAN THAT WILLINCREASE ELEMENTARY CLASSSIZES FROM TWENTY-THREE TOTWENTY-FOUR.

THE CLOSURESWILL AFFECT WRIGHTELEMENTARY..

MARK TWAIN..GRIMES AND JONES.

NEARLYONE-THOUSAND STUDENTS WILLHAVE TO TRANSFER TODIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSIN THE DISTRICT.

THIS WILLNOT ONLY AFFECT THE KIDS ANDTHEIR PARENTS..

BUT THETEACHERS AND THE STAFF.23:26:01- 14 "When you'refacing a structural deficitof this magnitude, I can'tpromise everyone that we'renot going to feel theeffects.If I could, thenthat wouldn't even makesense."THE DISTRICT IS FACING ATWENTY- MILLION DOLLARDEFICIT.THEY SAY THE SCHOOL CLOSURESWILL SAVE THEM BETWEEN TWOTOTHREE MILLION DOLLARS.THE BOARD ALSO HEARD FROMSCHOOL PRINCIPALS LAST NIGHTWHO ARE TAKING STUDENTS INNEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY'REPLANNING ON WELCOMING THECHILDREN AND MAKING THETRANSITION AS SMOOTH ASPOSSIBLE.STILL AHEAD, WE'LL KEEPINGYOU UPDA