The issue was clear, educating the city’s underprivileged youth, but no solution was determined after two hours of talks during a meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday.

The Vicksburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, led by Bobbie Morrow, T.P. Williams and former North Ward Alderman Gertrude Young, complained to the board about its removal of educational services at the Jackson Street and Kings community centers.

The human services department, which was in charge of organizing the educational programs at the centers, was eliminated from the 2005-06 city budget, which became effective at the beginning of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.

In 2005, the city’s budget for the two centers was $492,920. It is $152,710 this year.

Mayor Laurence Leyens said the services were not needed because the Vicksburg Warren School District has the responsibility of educating students expelled from school. The district sends these students to the alternative school at Grove Street.

Sorority members said they have four problems with the current situation of the centers: