The first of two planned hearings on redrawing school attendance zones in South Hall is scheduled Tuesday at Johnson High School. The second will be held May 30 at Flowery Branch High School. Both will begin at 7:00 p.m.
The Hall County Board of Education approved plans for the two meetings April 24.
While the school district has been accepting public input online for the redistricting, officials also want to hear from residents in person, officials said at the time.
Under the plan proposed by district officials:
- Flowery Branch High School would relocate to the former FBHS site on Hog Mountain Road. Davis Middle School currently occupies that campus. FBHS could accommodate 1,200 students at that location. The school system would make improvements to the facility and enhance parking.
- Davis Middle School would re-occupy the original DMS site on Falcon Parkway, which is the current site of South Hall Middle School.
- South Hall Middle School, as mentioned earlier in this article, would then re-occupy the former SHMS campus on Poplar Springs Road. The space would be shared with DaVinci Academy and the World Language Academy (Academies of Discovery).
- The draft plan also calls for the school on Spout Springs Road - now FBHS - to become the newest school district, accommodating 1,500 middle and high school students. Eventually, a new middle school would need to be built on the 138-acre property.
All of the changes are expected to take place in time for the 2018-19 school year.
Opposition has formed to some of the plans. A group of Sterling on the Lake residents has started an online petition drive opposing parts of the redistricting proposal that would affect some of their children. As of mid-morning Sunday, it had 384 supporters, according to the group's website.
(AccessWDUN's B.J. Williams contributed to this report.)
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