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Rutherford County board adopts Concept 2 rezoning after parents urge stability for Stewarts Creek students
Summary
After hours of public comment from parents pleading to keep students in neighborhood schools, the board voted to adopt rezoning Concept 2 for elementary schools (excluding Walter Hill and Wilson). A Darby motion to cap Stewarts Creek and grandfather current students failed; Concept 2 passed unanimously.
The Rutherford County Board of Education voted Dec. 11 to adopt rezoning Concept 2 for elementary schools — excluding the Walter Hill and Wilson areas — after parents and neighbors delivered repeated pleas to protect students’ stability in neighborhood schools.
The decision follows sustained public comment from families near Stewarts Creek Elementary and other affected neighborhoods. "If you can make room for the possibility of 400 middle schoolers being grandfathered so they can stay their eighth grade year, I find it hard to believe you can't make room for the possibility of 9 more students," said Rebecca Tran, a Gazebo Park parent (public…
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