Idea offered at LRSD meeting about school closures: Don’t close schools

On Wednesday night, at the first in a series of six community meetings, Little Rock Schools Superintendent Jermall Wright took pains to convey that the circumstances forcing the district to close and consolidate schools is neither a new problem nor a conspiracy. Staff reductions, shortened contracts and other cost-saving measures taken in recent years cut millions from the district’s annual budget. But a loss of more than 700 students last year and another 300 students so far this ye