FCPS addresses rezoning for 4 schools, consisting of brand-new intermediate school

LEXINGTON, Ky. (BNN)-- The 13th intermediate school is on the way for Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS), and leaders require to choose who will go to.

Mary E. Britton Middle School is set to open in 2025. The district allowed the public to ask questions and voice their concerns about rezoning at a public online forum Thursday night.


Located in the Hamburg location of Lexington, Mary E. Britton Middle School has a target conclusion date of June 2025, per FCPS. (FCPS).

Steve Hill, Director of Pupil Personnel, FCPS, said, "There are sometimes disappointments; either some do not wish to be moved or some feel like they are left out because they weren't moved, so my goal tonight is to reduce that disappointment.".

A committee has actually dealt with a zoning proposal for the school that has seen 6 various circumstances. The Hamburg location school would require adding and subtracting students from Crawford, Edythe J. Hayes, and Morton intermediate schools.

A number of moms and dads asked if they could have the choice for their children to attend their school of option even if their home borders a various zone. Hill said that would be irregular for the district.

The committee stated when working with demographers, the information revealed Hamburg would continue to grow, adding more homeowners gradually, and that the school requires to open under capability with 800 trainees, even though the building was designed to accommodate 1,200.

One circumstance had students from the Woodhill community being divided into separate schools.

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" When you develop that kind of limit, it separates kids quite quickly, and my concern is what that can do to a community," stated Marcus Patrick, a Woodhill neighborhood local.

The committee stated it will take suggestions from the forum seriously and take a look at data before finalizing a plan to provide to the board in August 2024.