Educators and residents in northeast Oklahoma City are bracing for another round of school closures, a process that has plagued the predominantly black neighborhoods for generations and left abandoned schools scattered throughout the community.

Superintendent Aurora Lora told The Oklahoman this month the district is considering the closing of several schools in an effort to address state budget cuts. An announcement could come as soon as Monday, multiple sources with the district said.

Schools with enrollment of fewer than 300 are being considered, Lora said, and while that includes schools across the Oklahoma City Public Schools district, anxiety is especially high in the northeast part of the city where five schools have been closed in the past 15 years.

“As I go around the east side of Oklahoma City, everyone asks me if Moon is closing,” said Warren Pete, principal of F.D. Moon, an elementary school near Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and NE 13.