School Board Approves 'Minor Redistricting'

Fourteen rising sixth graders who would normally have matriculated at Scotts Ridge Middle School next year must attend East Ridge instead, the Board of Education decided on Wednesday night.

The mandatory "minor redistricting" affects a neighborhood geographically closer to ERMS where only two of the families have older children who are already students at SRMS. Those older students have the option to switch school, but they can continue at SRMS if they wish.

The idea is to alleviate the current class size disparity between the two schools. To address the issue in seventh grade, an additional teacher was requested in the 2010-11 budget proposal.

The idea's original wording, first presented to the board on Monday, made the shift for those 14 incoming sixth graders optional, but board members decided it should be required.