The Tulsa School Board votes 5-to-2 on a cost saving plan for the district. The schools are expecting a $12-million shortfall brought on by the state's ongoing cash crisis. Board members Gary Percefull and Jennettie Marshall voted against the plan.
The proposal would close three elementary schools in west Tulsa. All of the schools are in Percefull's district. Remington, Park and Porter would be consolidated into what is now the Clinton Middle School. Clinton students would be transferred to Webster High School. Webster would become a joint Junior and Senior High.
The plan also terminates over three dozen teaching positions and reorganizes the office staff. It cuts back on janitorial services, creates two district wide furlough days and trims some athletic programs.