Forsyth takes on school redistricting

With the start of the new school year, the Forsyth County Board of Education is getting ready to take on an old, but hot topic: redistricting.

New attendance districts had been expected to be established before the end of the last school year.

But with parents still complaining, the board decided to wait until the new school year — and after the summer elections — to settle on a redistricting plan.

A Draft 5 of the redistricting plan will be available for public feedback online and in schools from Sept. 19, at 10 a.m., until Oct. 3, at 5 p.m.

The feedback will go to the school board on Oct. 9 at 4 p.m., with the goal of having a final district map for 2009-10 by Oct.16.

School attendance lines are being redrawn to accommodate the 2009 opening of:

• Brookwood Elementary, a two-story school located on Vaughn Drive

• Whitlow Elementary, a one-story school located on Castleberry Road

• Haw Creek Elementary and Lakeside Middle, two two-story schools located adjacent to each other on Echols Road.

• Lambert High, which is located next to Sharon Elementary on Nichols Road. Lambert is a two-story design similar to West Forsyth High and will open without a senior class.