Proposed adjustments for two middle school zones in Cape Coral were presented to the Lee County School Board earlier this week to create enrollment balance. \u00a0<\/p>\n
A steering committee met to review attendance zones that meet one or more of three criteria. Those include zones where all schools are operating below 80% of building capacity, zones where all schools are operating above 100% of building capacity and zones impacted by the addition of a new school requiring adjustments to balance enrollment and optimize capacity.<\/p>\n
Capital Planning Assistant Director Dr. Adam Molloy said the zones include AA \u2013 Mariner Middle operating at 60% capacity, and Challenger Middle operating at 79% capacity. In zone CA, he said those schools are \u2013 Caloosa Middle School operating at 103% capacity, Diplomat Middle School operating at 109% capacity and North Fort Myers Academy operating at 106% capacity.<\/p>\n
Molloy said the rezoning will help accommodate the opening of the new Hector A. Cafferata K-8 school with an additional 679 middle school seats. He said the district\u2019s proposal is to redesign the AA and CC middle school zones to balance enrollment across both zones.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team intentionally shifted the zone east for zone AA,\u201d Molloy said due to a deficiency of more than 1,000 middle school students.<\/p>\n
The proposed change will shift approximately 782 to 861 additional students into zone AA in the next 10 years.<\/p>\n
Molloy said students can remain at the current school, as long as parents provide the transportation.<\/p>\n
Open enrollment begins at the end of January. <\/p>\n