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New schools to alter attendance zones
Next school year, two elementary schools and two high schools will open in the area. The elementary schools' zones are up for discussion next week.
By LETITIA STEIN
Published November 4, 2005
RIVERVIEW - Get ready, parents: Four new schools opening in next school year will bring lots of changes to school attendance zones in east Hillsborough.
To begin, school officials are setting boundaries for two elementary schools - Inez Doby in Covington Park and Summerfield Crossings in Riverview.
The boundaries aren't final, but this is what the current lines look like:
- Doby would draw its inaugural classes, totaling about 330 students, from Corr Elementary. It would open about 37 percent full.
That would spell relief for Corr, which would retain about 55 percent of capacity.
Parents are invited to comment on the proposed Doby boundaries at a community meeting on Monday evening at the Corr cafeteria at 6 p.m.
- Summerfield Crossings would start classes with 526 students, at nearly 60 percent of capacity.
Most of the students would come from Collins Elementary, which opened in portables this school year in the Panther Trace subdivision. Many students have faced multiple moves in recent years, as the district opens school after school in the fast-growing corridor along U.S. 301.
Collins Elementary would start the coming school year about 40 percent full. A third school, Summerfield Elementary, is sending 46 students to the new school and would begin with nearly all seats filled.
Parents are invited to discuss the proposed boundaries for Summerfield Crossings at a community meeting on Thursday at the Collins cafeteria at 6 p.m.
Next up: high schools, though community meetings have not yet been set. - Lennard High, Ruskin's first high school, would draw 940 students to open 41 percent full. Its feeder school, East Bay High, may also lose students to a second high school opening in west Brandon.
East Bay is projected to start the school year at about 50 percent capacity.
- Spoto High could open with 1,940 students and classrooms nearly full at 85 percent of capacity.
Spoto would pull about 970 students from Riverview High, which would start the new school year 77 percent full. Another 378 students would come from Bloomingdale High, projected to drop to 83 percent capacity in the fall. Spoto's remaining students would move from East Bay High.
- Letitia Stein can be reached at 661-2443 or lstein@sptimes.com
[Last modified November 3, 2005, 08:48:08]
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