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Darryl Heller, director of the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center, left, speaks next to Regina Williams-Preston, of Black Lives Matter South Bend, and Paul Mishler, of the Michiana Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, during a press conference Wednesday about resource officers in schools. Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLIN

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SOUTH BEND — Despite pleas from parents, some school board members, and others to delay the move, the South Bend school board voted Monday to close Hay and Tarkington elementary schools. After more than two and a half hours of informational presentations and questions, the board voted to shutter the schools at the end of this school year as a first step in Superintendent Todd Cummings’ districtwide “rightsizing.” Before the vote, Jeanette McCullough, an at-large board member...

SOUTH BEND — South Bend schools Superintendent Todd Cummings announced plans Monday evening to “rightsize” and “reorganize” the district by closing two school buildings at the end of this school year, creating an “Innovation Network Zone” that would give autonomy to two other schools, and potentially closing one high school in 2022-23. The recommendation calls for closing Hay and Tarkington elementary schools and creating the “Innovation Zone” for Mu...