The group charged with drawing new school boundaries in Fayette County is working toward making final decisions in the coming weeks. Tentative elementary school lines were endorsed Thursday night.
The School Zoning Committee first began its work last April. After much research, discussion, and now 18 meetings, the panel has hammered out its map for elementary schools. Committee Chair Alan Stein says it's hard to pin down, just yet, how many students will be moving to different schools. "You got to remember that we're populating two new schools, so that's “1,200 of those,” he said. “So moving from where they are to different schools that aren't new is probably less 1,000.”
There are more than 40,000 students in the Lexington school district. In February, the group is scheduled to hear from parents and other citizens about the recommendations up to this point. Committee member Ron Langley says it's important to hear from people from underprivileged communities. "We really need to hear from people that live in those neighborhoods, in those circumstances, what they think about this,” said Langley. “You know, we could be sitting here trying to represent them and get them in ‘a better school,’ and they may not want that at all and we just don't know that."
Final recommendations for elementary, middle, and high school lines are anticipated in late March. ?
