DC Public Schools needs to work hard to keep the nearly 2,500 students who will leave their current schools when 13 campuses close in June, D.C. Council members told schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson on Wednesday.

Henderson’s plan to close 15 underenrolled schools — 13 in June and two a year later — would allow DCPS to better concentrate resources on programs like art, music and language, Henderson said. Students in the closing schools would relocate to other DCPS schools nearby.