WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) – The Wakulla County School Board is now considering options to address Crawfordville Elementary School reaching capacity. <\/p>\n
Crawfordville Elementary is seeing an increase in enrollment as a result of changes to the county\u2019s Comprehensive Use Plan and housing developments in the Crawfordville corridor, according to a letter from Superintendent Richard Myhre.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile there is capacity at our other schools, CES has now reached the point where more students are enrolled there than the stated capacity of the building,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n
The letter outlines several strategies the district is considering to alleviate the issue and the superintendent\u2019s position on each. <\/p>\n
The first strategy listed in the letter is revocation of out of zone requests, which is listed as \u201cstrongly considering.\u201d <\/p>\n
Described as the \u201csimplest and most effective route to the immediate resolution of the issue,\u201d this would use the language in the current school board policy on out of zone requests, which allows these requests to be denied and revoked if the school is over capacity, according to the letter. <\/p>\n
CES was built to hold 699 and enrollment is currently 709 with 78 of these students being out of zone requests, per the letter. <\/p>\n
\u201cGiven that these students could immediately be reassigned to their zoned school where each have capacity, and transportation routes already exist for these home addresses, this is the primary strategy which is under consideration,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n
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Another option being strongly considered, per the memo, is changing school zone boundaries. The suggestion it to move the Medart Elementary zone further north, since the school is only at 76% capacity. <\/p>\n
The memo says adding more classrooms at Crawfordville Elementary is \u201cnot recommended.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cTo add additional seats puts a strain on everything both mechanically and operationally,\u201d the letter reads. <\/p>\n
The building of a new school is \u201cnot feasible,\u201d according to the memo. \u201cWakulla County is designated as a \u201dfiscally constrained county” due to the amount of taxable property values,” the letter says. \u201cGiven the costs of modern school construction, we simply cannot build a new school with what we ask our taxpayers to support our schools via the 1.5 mils of Capital Outlay taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
A public town hall will be held on January 20 at 7 p.m. at the District Office. The meeting will provide information and an opportunity for questions. <\/p>\n
Myhre noted in the letter that these decisions are not by staff at Crawfordville Elementary or the potential receiving schools. <\/p>\n
A Facebook post from the school district says no decisions have been made at this time. <\/p>\n
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