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HCPS to hold public hearing in advance of proposed redistricting of Hungary Creek Middle

Under a proposed plan by school officials, some elementary school students who would currently attend Hungary Creek Middle would be reassigned to other schools in the area.
Trevor Dickerson

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The School Board of Henrico County will hold a Public Hearing to solicit input from citizens regarding small pockets of the Hungary Creek Middle School feeder pattern proposed for redistricting for the 2017 – 2018 school year.

The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 16th in the auditorium of Glen Allen High School, located at 10700 Staples Mill Road in Glen Allen. It begins at 6:00 PM.

The reasons behind the move are many, as the school system states on its website:

Henrico County Public Schools will open a new academy for gifted students in the Fall of 2018 at L. Douglas Wilder Middle School. The academy will be phased in with rising sixth-graders and, at full implementation, serve 300 students from across the County. Additionally, Hungary Creek Middle School enrollment has exceeded the school’s capacity. Because of this, a multiphase redistricting project is underway in seven middle school zones including Brookland, Fairfield, Holman, Hungary Creek, Moody, Short Pump and Wilder Middle Schools.

2017-18 Draft Redistricting Plan: A small area of Hungary Creek Middle School’s attendance zone will be proposed for rezoning in the Fall of 2017. HCPS staff members will recommend that rising sixth-graders (current fifth-graders) in the small area begin the 2017-18 school year attending the newly zoned middle school.

2018-19 Draft Redistricting Plan: All other approved school boundary adjustments will be implemented in the Fall of 2018. HCPS staff members will recommend that students in the remaining identified areas who will be sixth-graders in 2018-19 (current fourth-graders) begin the 2018-19school year attending the newly zoned middle school. No students rezoned in the Fall of 2017 will be rezoned again for middle school in the Fall of 2018.

Interested citizens are invited to attend the meeting. For more information about the redistricting and the public hearing process, visit the Henrico County Public Schools redistricting website.

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Trevor Dickerson is the Editor and Co-Founder of RVAHub.