Fayette schools consider redistricting
The Fayette County Public Schools are considering attendance-boundary changes that would affect five Lexington elementary schools.
Changes in the boundaries would not take effect until the 2011-12 school year.
But affected families will be able to comment on the proposals at a series of public forums during the next few weeks.
Letters and boundary maps outlining the proposed changes were sent home with students at the affected schools Friday.
One case involves boundary changes necessitated by construction of a new elementary school on Keithshire Way, off Clays Mill Road. Construction is expected to start in May, and the school will open for the 2011-12 school year.
To make way for the yet-unnamed school, boundary adjustments are proposed for three nearby schools: Picadome, Stonewall and Garden Springs.
The school district also sent letters Friday informing parents at nearby Clays Mill Elementary, although no changes in its attendance area are planned.
According to Friday's letter, affected families who now have children enrolled in Picadome, Stonewall or Garden Springs will be allowed to keep their children there if they choose. The grandfather clause also would apply to siblings who enroll while current students remain on campus, the letter said.
The second boundary case involves Sandersville Elementary.
To ease overcrowding at the school, in the Masterson Station neighborhood, district officials propose switching some of Sandersville's attendance zone to Booker T. Washington Academy.
The same grandfather clause will be offered to families who wish to remain at Sandersville, according to the district.
A public hearing on this change will be Feb. 9 at Sandersville Elementary, 3025 Sandersville Road. A session will be 5 to 6 p.m. for families with last names starting with A through M; those with names beginning with N through Z should attend the 7 to 8 p.m session.
This story was originally published January 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Fayette schools consider redistricting."