The Selma City School Board of Education (SCBOE) voted to close Cedar Park Elementary School and Byrd First Class Learning Center at their meeting on Tuesday night.

The schools were voted on in separate agenda items.

Cedar Park was voted in a 4-1 split with SCBOE Vice President Brenda Randolph-Obomanu voting against the closure.

SCBOE President Johnny Moss III, Phylis Houser, Dr. Tanya Miles and Danielle Wooten all voted to close the school.

With Byrd, the vote was a 3-2 split with Wooten and Obomanu voting against the closure.

Selma City School (SCS) Superintendent Dr. Avis Williams said that both closures will occur at the end of this school year.

There are options for what happens next to the Pre-K students at Byrd.

At their work session last Wednesday, Williams presented options for Pre-K placement should Byrd be voted to close.

Williams said after a community meeting held at the end of last year, that the Pre-K classroom educators were persistent about keeping the Pre-K classrooms together if possible.

Williams said after meeting again with the Pre-K group, she said the options formulated included either have four classes at Meadowview Elementary School and Edgewood; or eight classes at one site located at Clark Elementary School to create the Selma City Schools First Class or have between six and seven classes at one site located at Payne Elementary School and add additional classes as needed.

Williams said that these decisions were just some of her recommendations and that she was open for more suggestions.

“Everything is on the table,” she said. “I would like for us to make a decision sooner rather than later.”