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District outlines student‑assignment plan, modular relocations and bus-travel study ahead of September redistricting recommendations
Summary
Moore County Schools presented guiding principles for district-wide student assignment, plans to reuse modular classrooms to relieve middle-school capacity, and a transportation analysis of bus-travel impacts for draft reassignment scenarios.
District staff presented a multi-part plan Aug. 5 that pairs student‑assignment planning with modular-unit relocations and a traffic/transportation analysis to limit negative operational impacts as the district opens three new elementary schools and adjusts attendance boundaries.
John Barath and others summarized the district’s guiding principles for reassignment — balance, efficiency, planning and community — and described the data driving options: long-range enrollment projections presented to the board in 2018 and updated through 2019. Staff said growth at middle and high schools has produced heavy use of modular classrooms: Union Pines had 18 modular units and Pinecrest High School 17 (numbers provided in presentation). The district’s modeling shows specific middle schools could substantially exceed their core capacities over the next decade…
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