Lisa O'Donnell

With enrollment dropping and a $37 million debt hanging over its head, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools Board of Education may close more schools.

On Monday, interim Superintendent Catty Moore told the local legislative delegation that she will ask the school board in November to consider closing a few more schools. She didn't say how many or which schools could close.

But schools with chronic under-enrollment or old schools with significant renovation needs will be considered.

Cook Elementary likely up for vote

The school board is expected to soon vote on whether to close Cook Elementary School in the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood. Closing Cook would save the school district $300,000 annually in operating costs and $900,000 in non-teaching salaries.

Other savings are

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