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School board agrees to plan redistricting in Forest zone to ease overcrowding
Summary
The Bedford County School Board on May 8 gave majority consensus to pursue a year-long planning process to redraw elementary school boundaries in the Forest zone after staff presented capacity projections tied to new housing developments, bus-route impacts and questions about the division—s zone-transfer policy.
The Bedford County School Board on May 8 agreed by majority consensus to move forward with planning a redistricting of the Forest elementary zone to address capacity issues at Forest Elementary and New London Academy and to prepare for projected growth from nearby housing developments.
School division executive staff presented maps, capacity calculations and a recommended timeline that would delay implementation to the 2025-26 school year if the board approves the final plan. The executive presentation said staff targeted an 87% capacity threshold and estimated that after boundary adjustments schools would range between about 84% and 93% of capacity when new housing is included.
The plan focuses only on elementary schools in the Forest zone and would shift defined neighborhoods between Forest Elementary, New London Academy, Otter River Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Boonesborough Elementary. Staff cited roughly 12 developments either…
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