Some parents are asking the Bethlehem School Board to delay a vote on rezoning.<\/p>\n
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (WNYT)- Parents in Bethlehem are addressing the school board tonight about school assignments for their children.<\/p>\n
Related: Bethlehem school board to vote on elementary rezoning plan amid parent concerns<\/a><\/p>\n The board is expected to vote on the redistricting lines tonight at 7 p.m., but some parents want the vote delayed. They believe the vote is rushed and doesn\u2019t prioritize students.<\/p>\n The proposed rezoning aims to balance enrollments and class sizes across the Bethlehem Central School District\u2019s five elementary schools. After reviewing four maps, the board narrowed it down to two options.<\/p>\n Both plans would shift about 150 students to different schools starting next school year. Parents have previously voiced frustrations at board meetings.<\/p>\n Related: Bethlehem postpones school project vote<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re losing their friend,\u201d said Bethlehem parent Katie Miller. \u201cMy daughter has a good group of friends and they\u2019re staying and she\u2019s leaving. That\u2019s tough, especially in those older grades, it\u2019s a huge transition.\u201d<\/p>\n The board\u2019s decision tonight will determine the next steps in the rezoning process.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0Bethlehem School Board<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Bethlehem Central School District<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Bethlehem<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Albany County<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some parents are asking the Bethlehem School Board to delay a vote on rezoning. BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (WNYT)- Parents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[45788,153,28474,155,154,45787],"class_list":{"0":"post-93019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-albany-county","9":"tag-bethlehem","10":"tag-bethlehem-central-school-district","11":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","12":"tag-bethlehem-news","13":"tag-bethlehem-school-board"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}