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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Questions are still looming after the board of the Pittsburgh Public Schools voted against a plan which called for wide-ranging changes across its district, which included closing nine buildings. The board voted 6-3 against the Future-Ready Facilities Plan on Tuesday. This plan would have placed reorganization on the district of Pittsburgh which called for the closing of twelve schools. According to Superintendent Wayne Walters, if there is no change, the district’s budget will run a bigger deficit. Walters noted in a statement that this plan had over $100 million in cost avoidance and a plan to stabilize the deficit for Pittsburgh Public Schools. A proposed tax increase of 4% has already occurred and Walters believes that the equity of education across the district would be a challenge that would continue. A focal point for parents has been concerns of transparency and Walker confirmed that answers like sizes of classes and transportation, can not have an answer yet until a plan is put in its place.