There are significant building improvements that will need to be made to accommodate the growth at the school. With the use of some creative strategies that can be implemented right away, we could eliminate some construction if we do the study sooner rather than later.
It's a real win-win. It's a win for the county because they'll have land for parks, affordable housing and whatever else. It's a win for the school system because we'll have more money for school construction and renovation.
The only way to provide relief to the most students would be to do an administrative boundary change and move any new students into Halley Elementary School. It's the only thing we can think of that we can do and have changes in place for this school year.
This boundary study is going to be horrible. We knew the building would eventually be over capacity, but not to this extent.
This is in no way an ideal solution to implement, but it does address the problem of overcrowding.
Assuming everything goes smoothly, the deal will be struck pretty soon.
If the numbers play out the way we think they're going to play out, we may never build a middle school.
