Parents and students took part in what may be a last ditch effort. They rallied for around two hours with signs.
The HISD board had already voted to close Dodson at the end of the school year. Students will be sent to nearby Blackshear elementary.
Parents say Dodson is a good school with a Montessori magnet program and shouldn't be closed.
"This school is above average performance. It has a waiting list of over 200 kids to enroll," said parent Ruth Hoffman-Lock. "But the district is saying that enrollment is low and performance is low, which isn't true."
"I went to this school. My kids went to this school. My grandkids, and now I have a great grandchild here," said Loulue Frazier, who was at the rally Monday."
The district originally proposed to close up to five schools, but the school board voted to close only Dodson.
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