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Bibb County board reviews rezoning options as enrollment declines
Summary
Board members reviewed three attendance‑zone options designed to address declining enrollment and underused elementary capacity, including a districtwide rezoning and two plans that would convert Williams Elementary into an early‑learning center. Staff said the options are proposals for community feedback and not final recommendations.
The Bibb County Board of Education heard a detailed presentation Thursday on enrollment trends and preliminary attendance‑zone options that district staff and HBM consultants said are intended to improve facility utilization and feeder patterns.
"We have declined from, you know, a little over 21,000 students in 2020–21 to 20,776 in 2025–26," Scott Leopold of HBM told the board, summarizing the demographic modeling that underpins the review. The consultant said projections show a further decline of roughly 920 students — about 4.4 percent — over the next decade.
Leopold outlined three options for board review. Option 1 is a districtwide rezoning that would change 11…
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