{"id":117433,"date":"2026-02-18T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/117433\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:53:06","slug":"pittsburgh-public-schools-proposal-to-close-multiple-schools-back-on-the-table-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/117433\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Public Schools\u2019 proposal to close multiple schools back on the table \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pittsburgh Public Schools board is revisiting a plan to consolidate more than a dozen schools across the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Board members met Tuesday night to discuss the \u201cFuture Ready Plan\u201d after previously voting down a similar proposal in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-public-schools-proposal-that-would-close-multiple-schools-fails-6-3-vote\/R2S2FWPPKZEZ5IZSAL57MG2HPI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-public-schools-proposal-that-would-close-multiple-schools-fails-6-3-vote\/R2S2FWPPKZEZ5IZSAL57MG2HPI\/\">Pittsburgh Public Schools\u2019 proposal that would close multiple schools fails in 6-3 vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The previous version of the consolidation plan sought to close 12 schools across nine buildings. Now, board members are looking at where the proposal was lacking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a belief of the board that we have to do something,\u201d said Gene Walker, director of the PPS board for District 9. \u201cIt makes sense for us to clarify where those missing items or insufficient items are and give the superintendent an opportunity to rectify that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The board is currently waiting for the superintendent to establish a formal timeline for the revised plan. Once that timeline is set, the board can meet again in March or April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pittsburgh Public Schools board is revisiting a plan to consolidate more than a dozen schools&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[55733,55137,55729,55728,73,75,74,940,55731,55732,34143,873,55730,26600],"class_list":{"0":"post-117433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-consolidate-schools","9":"tag-facilities-plan","10":"tag-future-ready-facilities","11":"tag-future-ready-plan","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","14":"tag-pittsburgh-news","15":"tag-pittsburgh-public-schools","16":"tag-pittsburgh-school-closing","17":"tag-pittsburgh-school-consolidation","18":"tag-pittsburgh-schools","19":"tag-pps","20":"tag-pps-facilities-plan","21":"tag-school-consolidation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}