A committee assigned to find ways to improve education outcomes for mostly black children on Oklahoma City's northeast side will explore the possibility of shuttering some schools in order to fund change.

Northeast Task Force members meeting for the first time Thursday night were told they will spend the next six weeks studying low-performing schools and come up with recommendations for needed academic supports and wraparound services like counseling.

Oklahoma City Superintendent Aurora Lora told members they also will consider changes to school structure and grade configuration to help offset the costs to help turn around schools beset by failing grades.

"With so many schools open with such small numbers, we are actually putting a lot of extra money into it just to kind of pay the bills and keep that many schools open," Lora said. "I want to be able to commit any savings that we can come up with, to reinvesting it back in to fund any extra supports that are needed."