Lawrence parents plan Save our Schools rally for this weekend

Members of Save Our Neighborhood Schools are organizing for Saturday a rally and march down Massachusetts Street.

The group formed in December to advocate for keeping classes going at all 15 Lawrence elementary schools. The school board faces a $4 million budget deficit for next year’s general fund budget, and closing schools is one of the proposals to try to narrow the gap.

A rally will begin at 11 a.m. at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass. T-shirts, yard signs and supplies for making posters for the march will be available, said Jessica Beeson, a march organizer and parent of a Cordley School student.

Organizers are trying to get representatives from every elementary school to participate in the noon march from Liberty Hall south to South Park.