Expressing concern about the closings and reconfigurations of recent years, the Hill District Education Council will host a public meeting tomorrow to develop a blueprint for neighborhood schools.

The Rev. Johnnie Monroe, council co-chairman, said the meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, 3117 Centre Ave.

Rev. Monroe said Hill District residents have "mixed feelings" about school restructuring dating to 2006.

That's when the school board closed Madison Elementary and Milliones Middle schools; expanded the Miller, Vann and Weil elementary schools to take in middle-grade students; moved Miller to another building; and designated Weil an accelerated learning academy.

Since then, the Pittsburgh Public Schools has re-opened the Milliones building as a university-preparatory school for the middle grades and high school. Miller reverted to an elementary school this year.

And a long-range facilities plan, unveiled Monday, calls for closing Vann and 14 other school buildings as early as next year.

Rev. Monroe said residents, some weary of the district's changes, want to develop their own plan for neighborhood schools and present it to the school board.

Besides buildings, he said, discussion tomorrow will include the district's racial achievement gap and the availability of technology, foreign language instruction and staffing at neighborhood schools.

With the release of the new facilities plan, "there definitely is an opportunity for a lot of community input," district spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said.

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