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Board of Education Redistricting
Board of Education Closing Comments, Nov. 26th
Elementary Redistricting
Community Input
Sought for Elementary Boundary Changes
11/27/07 (9:32 a.m.) The Fayette County School System will hold a
public hearing on December 3 to gather input from the community regarding the
proposed boundary changes for elementary schools. The hearing will take place in
the McIntosh High School... More
First Meeting of the Redistricting Committee,
August 16th 2007
The entire first meeting is on YouTube. If you'll double click
the above video, you'll see the other videos to the right. Or, please
visit our YouTube
site and scroll through the videos to see others.
12/18/07 (8:41 p.m.) The video above
shows the map before some minor tweaking that is ongoing. Generally the lines
will be fairly close to what you'll see on the video. If you double click the
screen, or click on the link the video will open in a new page. At the bottom
right of the screen is a button that will enlarge the video to full screen. You
can pause at any point to see where your home may fall....
More
Board of Education Moves Work
Session on Proposed Boundaries The next work session regarding
elementary school redistricting will be held on Thursday, Dec.
13th at 8 a.m. The morning meeting will be held at the Board of
Education. Originally the meeting was scheduled for Tuesday,
Dec. 11th at 7 p.m. However there was a scheduling conflict.
Another Night of Elementary School
Redistricting Public invited to give their input on Monday, Dec. 3rd at McIntosh High
School; 7 p.m.
Around 80 - 85 attended the information gathering meeting held by the Board of
Education (BOE) Monday night. Over 40 of that number included the volunteer
parent redistricting committee, press and BOE staff. The primary purpose of the
meeting was to allow the Board to ask questions and learn more regarding the two
maps submitted to them by the committee. In one, East Fayette Elementary School
is to be closed. Both maps are drawing criticism and praise from parents across
the county.
Redistricting: It's a Wrap... sort of.. E. Fayette to Close... maybe
12/17/07 (9:29 p.m.) Tonight the school board voted on a new map that
incorporated the suggestions and desires of many parents. They also made some
minor adjustments based on input from parents in the Stephen's Entry
neighborhood.
East Fayette will stay open for at least one more year.
During the next few months staff will look into whether it is feasible to
close E. Fayette. The tentative plan is for E. Fayette to close at the same
time that Tillman opens.
UPDATED 12/5/07
12/3/07 (10:04 p.m.) Parents, and
grandparents, voiced their opinions regarding the elementary redistricting plans
proposed by the volunteer citizen committee. Emotions ran the gamut.
The purpose of tonight’s meeting was
to allow the public to comment and share their opinions...
More
Committee Member Wrap-Up
This is one of a
series of 8 or so videos from the November 26th Board of
Education meeting focusing on elementary school redistricting.
After the Board asked questions and discusses a number of
issues, members of the volunteer parent elementary school
redistricting committee were given the opportunity to add their
comments and make suggestions. We're just posting the first
video on this page. If you'd like to view all of the videos
please
visit our YouTube site.
