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Board opens public hearings on proposed high‑school boundary changes affecting six high schools

6687444 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

The Duval County School Board opened a public hearing on proposed adjustments to attendance boundaries for six high schools aimed at relieving overcrowding at Atlantic Coast High School.

The Duval County School Board held a public hearing on a proposed reconfiguration of several high‑school attendance zones affecting Atlantic Coast, Mandarin, Inglewood, Sandalwood, Terry Parker and Duncan Fletcher.

Board member Pearson said she attended a community meeting and raised concerns that Inglewood could lose about 400 students in the early phase of the plan. "I was disappointed to see that in this whole reconfiguration that Inglewood's gonna lose is projected to lose 400 students," she said, urging the district to provide marketing support and "amnesty for decreased enrollment" so schools do not lose staffing as a result of boundary changes.

Staff explained the proposal is phased: an initial move would transfer roughly 400 students to Terry Parker to alleviate overcrowding at Atlantic Coast, and a second phase would shift other students north to Inglewood to restore balance. "Students shift, but the total population does not decrease by 400," a staff member said, adding the district cannot guarantee outcomes but aims to relieve overcrowding while keeping students near their homes.

On staffing concerns, staff said adjustments would be considered case by case and declined to promise automatic staffing amnesty. "We will look at those situations on a case by case basis. I cannot say at this board table that I would create amnesty for school," a staff member said.

Board members asked about marketing and enrollment outreach for schools that gain or lose students under the new lines; staff said the district’s enrollment team will run outreach campaigns but that the district will not pay for television commercials for the reconfiguration. Staff also said they will work with principals and regional leadership to assist principals with transition messaging and outreach to families newly zoned to different schools.

The board set additional community meetings and said recommendations and final staff proposals will return at later hearings and workshops.