D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced today that she is sparing five of the 20 schools she says are under-enrolled and have to be closed.

D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson has said that closing 20 schools will help the system better spend its limited resources, but a new report casts doubt on that claim.

After hearing from D.C. legislators and community members, Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson hinted that some of the 20 schools slated for closure could be spared.

A D.C. plan to close 20 public schools produced 14 hours of debate at two D.C. Council hearings in recent days. And while plenty of discussion is left to be had, most legislators seem to agree that some schools will have to close.

With the first of two D.C. Council hearings on a plan to close 20 public schools schools scheduled to start today at 4 p.m., opposition to School Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s proposal has started emerging from various quarters.