KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Schools Supt. Michael Rice has held two meetings with parents to talk about threats from the Snyder administration that they want to close two Kalamazoo Elementary schools over low test scores.
Monday night a big crowd met at the Washington Writers Academy to get an update on the situation. A meeting was also held with parents from Woodward Elementary.
Wednesday night a community forum will be held at the Old Kalamazoo Central on Westnedge that everyone can attend.
Wednesday night’s forum gets underway at the Community Education Center {Old Central} at 6:30.
Three dozen schools statewide are on the closure list, including three in Benton Harbor and 21 in Detroit.
The SRO is currently in a 30-day review period to determine their next steps. There are other options if they determine that transferring all the student to other schools would place a hardship on children. At this point the criteria for that remains unclear.
