Bel Aire News

Heights High School students make their way through a hall during a passing period.

Since 2007, the Wichita school district has purchased six properties adjacent to Lincoln Elementary, at a cost of nearly $300,000. Now the school is on the proposed closing list.

Lilly Gonzalez, right, and para-educator Laurie Briley work on a lesson at Bryant Elementary on Friday.

Bel Aire residents will meet this morning to discuss school boundaries. The town hall meeting starts at 10 a.m. at Bel Aire City Hall.

The Wichita school district wanted to know what the public thought about proposed boundary changes and people weren't shy.

Why put the burden on a few schools and students, especially the poorer schools? An across-the-board cut of 5 to 10 percent would be more equitable.

Another new Balls-n-Strikes indoor baseball and softball practice facility is coming to the greater Wichita area, this time in Derby.

Bel Aire residents are organizing their efforts to fight a Wichita Public Schools plan for the new schools in their neighborhood.

Bel Aire residents will hold a second community meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday to further discuss a response to the Wichita school boundary proposal.

African-American leaders in Wichita say they want school officials to halt plans to close schools and redraw district boundaries, saying the current proposal raises too many questions and is being rushed toward approval.

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