Leaders from the Jefferson County Board of Education will officially ask to pause consideration of a proposed school closure plan at the Dec. 9 board meeting, the board said in a Dec. 5 news release sent by Jefferson County Public Schools spokesperson Carolyn Callahan.

The announcement comes one day after JCPS Superintendent Brian Yearwood said he would "rethink" parts of the closure and consolidation plan the district proposed Nov. 20. JCPS hosted three community input sessions about the proposed closure plan, which would close King and Zachary Taylor elementary schools and Liberty High School while consolidating other schools.

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