<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0wheg6_1GmmLrWw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0wheg6_1GmmLrWw00" width="840" height="560" ><figcaption>Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA</figcaption></figure>Pittsburgh Public Schools is making progress in its plan to restructure the district’s footprint.Of the 71 milestones Pittsburgh Public Schools said it would accomplish in September and October to implement its school closure and restructuring plan, 67 have been completed, Superintendent Wayne Walters told the PPS board Wednesday.In May, the PPS board approved moving forward with a facilities plan that will close nine school buildings and restructure many more over the next few years.The district then released a Future-Ready Plan Department Milestones Dashboard in October designed to explain how and when the district intends to implement the plan. The dashboard shared steps — spread across 13 sectors including curriculum and instruction, school performance and equity — for each month until August 2027.Over the past two months, PPS has drafted districtwide school-culture expectations, confirmed the list of buildings affected by the plan and launched the principal selection process, Walters said. It has also confirmed the academic programming that will be in course catalogs for next school year, as well as launched its regional transition update sessions for families.Four milestones for September and October were not completed as scheduled.That included three of the four milestones for the human resources departments, such as publishing the internal staff transfer season calendar and recall rules. Those steps are mostly done, Walters said, but they still need final approval from the various labor unions that represent district employees.The district also did not finish drafting operations staffing moves and their potential budget impacts. That step requires coordinating with human resources, which has not yet taken place, Walters said. He expects that to be completed by March.Wednesday was the first of the quarterly updates that the PPS board required as part of approving the facilities plan.During the meeting, Walters went through all 71 of the milestones that were due so far, and school board directors asked questions about how the district plans to mitigate the harmful aspects of students having to make multiple school transitions in a short period, as well as how transportation would work next school year. Several thanked district officials for providing a detailed report.The other quarterly updates are scheduled for February, April and June.As the school year continues, families can expect to get more detailed information, Walters said.“The February update will be a bit stronger with more information and more guidelines,” he said. “The spring, once we get that update, it will have more and more in-depth information. That communication will become richer for families. Right now, it's sort of in the infancy stage.”</div></body>

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Pittsburgh Public Schools is making progress in its plan to restructure the district’s footprint. Of the 71 milestones Pittsburgh Public Schools said it would accomplish in September and October to implement its school closure and restructuring plan, 67 have been completed, Superintendent Wayne Walters told the PPS board Wednesday.

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Pittsburgh Public Schools is making progress in its plan to restructure the district’s footprint. Of the 71 milestones Pittsburgh Public Schools said it wo

PPS school closure and restructuring plan is on track, superintendent says

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