Facts about the PPS F.U. Plan

Changes across the district

If the PPS Board votes in support of the Facilities Utilization Plan, it means the district will:

  • 15 schools in Pittsburgh are proposed to be closed:

    East & Central
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
            • Arsenal PreK-5
        • Linden K-5
        • Miller PreK-5
      Proposed to close spring 2026:
        • Fulton PreK-5
        • Woolslair PreK-5
    Proposed to reconfigure fall 2027:
        • Milliones 6-12 (becoming SciTech 6-8)

    South & West
        • Roosevelt K-5
        • South Brook 6-8
        • South Hills 6-8

    North
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
            • Allegheny 6-8
        • Manchester PreK-8
       • Schiller 6-8
        • Spring Hill K-5
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
            • King PreK-8

    These schools were initially proposed to close by ERS, but are no longer on the closing list:
            • Carrick High School
        • Lincoln PreK-5
        • Weil PreK-5
        • Whittier K-5

  • 12 schools in Pittsburgh are proposed to change their grade configurations:

    PreK-8 ➡️ PreK-5
    • Brookline
    • Greenfield
    • Langley
    • Mifflin
    • Morrow
    • Sunnyside

    K-8 ➡️ 6-8
    • Arlington
    • Carmalt
    • Colfax

    6-12 ➡️ 9-12
    • Obama
    • SciTech
    • Westinghouse

    You can view other proposed changes by impact on each school and types of changes (closing, moving students, and more).

  • These are the 3 schools that are proposed to open or re-open:

    Proposed to open fall 2026:
        • Manchester 6-8
    Proposed to open fall 2027:
        • Northview PreK-5 (re-opening)
        • SciTech (at Milliones building)

    You can view other proposed changes by impact on each school and types of changes (closing, moving students, and more).

Feb. 2025: Superintendent Walters presented a “feasibility” report that doubled down on their commitment to the F.U. Plan (presentation, report, live stream).

Nov. 2024: Superintendent Walters announced that no school changes will be recommended for the 2025-2026 school year.

  • Partial magnets - phased out:
    • Phillips
    • Sterrett

    Partial magnets - closed:
    • Woolslair

    Whole-school magnets - phased out:
    • Allegheny K-5
    • Carmalt
    • Classical
    • Dilworth
    • Liberty

    Whole-school magnets - closed:
    • Allegheny 6-8
    • Linden
    • Schiller

    You can view other proposed changes by impact on each school and types of changes (closing, moving students, and more).

  • CHANGES in the final proposal
    Removed from the closing list:
    • Lincoln PreK-5
    • Weil PreK-5
    • Whittier K-5
    Added to the closing list:
    • Conroy
    • King PreK-8
    • Miller PreK-5
    • South Hills 6-8
    • Student Achievement Center

    11 school buildings in Pittsburgh are proposed to be closed:

    East & Central
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
    • Miller PreK-5
    • Montessori PreK-8
    Proposed to close spring 2026:
    • Fulton PreK-5
    • Woolslair PreK-5

    South & West
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
    • South Hills 6-8

    North
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
    • Schiller 6-8
    • Spring Hill K-5
    Proposed to close spring 2026:
    • King PreK-8
    • Morrow Primary

    Special schools
    Proposed to close spring 2025:
    • Student Achievement Center
    Proposed to close spring 2026:
    • Conroy

    You can view other proposed changes by impact on each school and types of changes (closing, moving students, and more).

School closures and other changes

See details for each school and how they’re impacted by the F.U. Plan.

Sources: “final recommendations” plan and press release on the PPS website

Note: Sorry, this search tool doesn’t work on phones. We’re working on a version that is mobile-friendly and easy to translate to other languages!

Types of changes

Closing schools, moving students, and more.
Scroll left/right to see the full list.

ABOUT THIS DATA

    • Last updated Oct. 18, 2024

    • Compiled by Education Rights Network and Holly Munson (a PPS parent)

    • Transcribed information from Initial F.U. Plan presentation and Final F.U. Plan presentation and press release

    • Tagged each change with the type of change, affected school, Board Member responsible, and other details

    • Used a more simple, consistent way of describing each change

    • Used Airtable, a database tool, to make this data more easily searchable

  • Adapt = adapt a neighborhood school into a “neighborhood magnet”; or adapt a whole-school magnet into a “neighborhood magnet” or a neighborhood school

    • Neighborhood magnet = according to the initial F.U. Plan, new “neighborhood magnets” would operate like full magnets but guarantee seats for neighborhood students (slide 29); magnet enrollment policies were not provided in the final F.U. Plan.

    Close (building) = building would not be used by PPS for education purposes

    Close (school) = all current students would be moved out of the school building

    Create = create or expand a program

    End = immediately end a magnet program, by closing the school

    Feed change = change the feeder pattern for a school.

    • Feeder pattern = determines which elementary school feeds into which middle school, and which middle school feeds into which high school; the name of the feeder pattern is the name of the high school

    • Attendance zone = NOT the same as feeder pattern; determines the boundaries for each school by street addresses; your home will be attached to a feeder pattern your children will follow from K to 12

    Keep = no change to a school or program (which is sometimes called out to differentiate from other changes at that building)

    Kick out = some or all current students would be moved out of the school building to make way for students from a special program (CAPA, Montessori, CTE)

    Move = move students from their current school to a different school

    n/a = no changes

    No plan = the proposal does not have a plan for this building/school

    Phase out = phase out a magnet program, by not accepting new magnet students

    Prioritize = prioritize certain investments

    Receive = receive students from another school

    Reconfigure = change the grade configuration of the school, e.g. change a K-8 school to a K-5 and move out the current 6-8 students

    Renovate = renovate a building

  • This is the Board Member who is assigned to represent this school, so they are the best person to contact if you have feedback about these changes.

    Information is from the PPS Board of Directors website.

Map

Note: This map reflects the initial proposal; we are working on updating it to reflect the Oct. 15 proposal.