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Woburn committee adopts elementary buffer zones for 2026–27; middle-school changes delayed
Summary
After public testimony and staff presentations, the Woburn School Committee voted 5–1 to institute buffer ("gray") zones for elementary school assignments in 2026–27, grandfathering current students and applying new maps only to new enrollments; committee deferred middle-school changes until next year.
The Woburn School Committee voted Dec. 17 to institute buffer — or "gray" — zones for elementary school assignments in the 2026–27 school year, approving the measure 5–1 after public comment and staff presentations.
Assistant Superintendent Courtney Young told the committee the vote would set a direction rather than finalize specific boundary lines: "All students currently living in these components would be grandfathered in," she said, adding that the district would finalize implementation plans in January and notify families by April 1. Young described buffer zones as a tool to assign new…
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