Gwinnett proposes some school boundary changes
Nearly 7,000 Gwinnett County students could attend different schools at the start of the 2016-17 school year, according to plans announced Monday by district officials.
Gwinnett plans to open a new elementary school and a new middle school by then. The redistricting plan was created to prepare for the new schools and ease overcrowding in other schools. Thirty-one schools would be affected, officials said Monday.
Gwinnett, the state’s largest school district, has about 175,000 students. It has added about 11,000 students in the last three years, officials said. The school board is scheduled to vote on the changes during its Jan. 21 meeting.
Read more about the plans here.
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
