Olathe Public Schools Closure Recommendations Set for Thursday

Olathe Public Schools Closure Recommendations Set for Thursday

Olathe Public Schools' school board will hear formal recommendations Thursday night on which elementary and middle schools should close or consolidate, as district leaders confront a decade-long enrollment slide that has left classrooms and budgets stretched thin. The meeting begins at 5:45 p.m., and the task force behind the proposals is expected to lay out boundary changes and building closures that go beyond what voters already approved earli…