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Berkeley County workshop examines five redistricting scenarios as housing growth strains elementary capacity
Summary
District staff presented updated enrollment data and five options to redraw attendance boundaries for new and existing schools; board members repeatedly urged avoiding repeated moves for students and asked staff to prepare alternate scenarios and a follow-up workshop.
Berkeley County Board of Education members met Nov. 3 for a workshop on proposed attendance boundary changes tied to new schools and fast-growing housing developments.
Staff said two updatesan updated 2026 average daily membership (ADM) and a late-August student geocodechanged the district's projections and informed five draft options (A–E) that district planners presented. The priorities behind the initial draft were to open attendance areas for two new schools, relieve overcrowding at Fox Bank and other schools, better balance building utilization, and align feeder patterns as feasible.
Board members said their top concern was student stability. Several members asked that students who have been moved previously be…
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