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AND IF NECESSARY, GAME 3 ON THURSDAY IS SET FOR 7:38 BUT THAT COULD CHA WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. TONIGHT, PARENTS SOUND OFF ABOUT THE PLAN TO POSSWN SOME MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 12 NEWS KENDALL KEYS IS JOINING US LIVE AT RUFUS KING HIGH SCHOOL, NEAR 18TH AND OL KENDALL, THE DISTRICT HAS NOT MADE ANYTHING OFFI. KENDALL: RIGHT, THEY ARE CAREFUL NOT TO NAME SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP SOME OF — SHOWED UP TONIGHT, SOME OF THEM SAYING THIS IS ABOUT TRUST. CAFETERIA TABLES IN RUFUS KING HIGH PACKED WITH PARENTS AFTER SCHOOL MONDAY. >> WEVE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRUSTING. KENDALL: VOICING THEIR OPINIONS AFTER THE DISTRICT PUBLIA SCHOOL BUILDINGS PLAN, ONE THAT COULD INCLUDE CLOSING AND MERGING SCHOOLS. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE GREW UP IN THAT SCHOOL, AND THEY WANT THEIR SCHOOL TO LIVE ON FOREVER, AND IN A PERFECT WORLD WE WOULD WANT THAT AS WELL. KENDALL: A 57-PAGE PLAN CRAFTED BY PERKINS EASTMAN, A CONSULTING FIRM THE DISTRICT HIRED, LAYS OUT CRITERIA FOR SCHOOLS THAT COULD MAKE THEM A CANDIDATE FOR SHUT DOWN, CITING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. >> WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IS FEASIBLE THAT WOULD START TO ADDRESS THOSE BALANCES AND MAKE SURE EVERY KID HAS EQUAL ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES. KENDALL: BUT THE DISTRICT STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING WHICH SCHOOLS COULD FALL CLOSURE CATEGORY. PEOPLE AT THE MEETING TOLD 12 NEWS THEY WISH THEY KNEW MORE. >> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TELL US WHAT THE REAL AGENDA IS UNTIL THE 11TH HOUR. WE CANNOT TRUST THEM. MILWAUKEE ALDERWOMAN SHARLEN MOORE CALLED THE TOWN HALL A DISAPPOINTMENT AND BLAMED ADMINISTRATION. >> CONSULTING, THEY SET HIM UP FOR FAILURE, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH PARENTS, THE DISTRICT CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD, AND WEVE GOT TO DEMANKENDALL: KENDALL, NO SCHOOLS NAMED. THE DISTRICT SAYS ITS HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER. KENDALL: RIGHT, THAT IS WHEN THEY SAY THEY WILL HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT PROPOSAL, ONE THAT MAKES CLEAR WHICH SCHOOLS COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR CLOSING AND MERGING. THE CONSULTING FIRM DID GIVE CRITERIA, THEY RECOMMENDED THE DISTRICT CONSIDER A SCHOOL AT LESS THAN 50% CAPACITY, HAS NOT HAD ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN FIVE