NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander told News 3 Tuesday afternoon the joint city council and school board meeting is canceled, after school officials delayed a vote on school closures and consolidations Monday night.

"We provide the funding. They provide the oversight," Mayor Alexander stated.

The school board was scheduled to hold a joint session with the city council on Oct. 7, but Alexander said this is not going to happen until school officials vote on their newest plan.

"It's impossible to have a joint meeting on a plan that didn't happen," Alexander shared. "We will reschedule the meeting after they take the vote on their plan. School operations, school maintenance, school oversight, school governance is vested with the school board, not the city council."

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