Oconee County School System Releases Proposed Redistricting Maps To Accommodate New Elementary School

Parents living northwest of U.S. 78 will be sending their elementary school children to the new Dove Creek Elementary School starting on Aug. 1 if the preliminary redistricting plans presented to the Oconee County Board of Education on Monday are adopted.

The School System is now taking public input on the proposed redistricting map, and the Board of Education has scheduled a Public Forum on the proposal for 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 at North Oconee High School.

The Board of Education is expected to adopt a redistricting plan on Nov. 13.

The plan released on Monday affects only two of the county’s five existing elementary school districts.

The parts of the Rocky Branch Elementary School District and of the Malcom Bridge Elementary School District northwest of U.S. 78 would become the Dove Creek Elementary School District. Dove Creek Elementary is under construction on Hog Mountain Road west of U.S. 78.

Some students currently in the Malcom Bridge Elementary School District would be moved to the Rocky Branch Elementary School District.

Despite the proposed changes, students moving into the fifth grade would be able to stay with their current schools if their parents provide the transportation.

For more on the story, including a full video recording of the meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Proposed District Map.