Post by CMF Newsman on Feb 20, 2012 16:51:03 GMT -5
In 2007, Hamilton County leaders broke ground on a new middle-high school in the East Brainerd/Apison area, providing long-needed relief for overcrowded Ooltewah schools.
They had no way of knowing that within two years of its 2009 opening, East Hamilton Middle-High School would itself be the most overcrowded school in the county. With an enrollment of 2,114 students, and at least a hundred more projected to enroll this fall, "East Hamilton is at capacity and then some," according to School Board Chair Mike Evatt.
Two public meetings are scheduled next week to give school district officials a chance to offer "a first draft," according to Deputy Superintendent Dr. Lee McDade. "We expect Board members, educators and parents to have some ideas, so there will be a chance for them to comment, and for us to tweak the plans if necessary," Dr. McDade said.
Officials say some of the changes could take effect in the next school year, which begins August 2012. "We have to do something to give East Hamilton some immediate relief," Dr. McDade said. Still to be determined is how many current East Hamilton students will be "grandfathered in," allowing them to stay in the school in which they are currently enrolled.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/16975754/first-on-3-rezoning-meetings-set-for-east-hamilton-schools
They had no way of knowing that within two years of its 2009 opening, East Hamilton Middle-High School would itself be the most overcrowded school in the county. With an enrollment of 2,114 students, and at least a hundred more projected to enroll this fall, "East Hamilton is at capacity and then some," according to School Board Chair Mike Evatt.
Two public meetings are scheduled next week to give school district officials a chance to offer "a first draft," according to Deputy Superintendent Dr. Lee McDade. "We expect Board members, educators and parents to have some ideas, so there will be a chance for them to comment, and for us to tweak the plans if necessary," Dr. McDade said.
Officials say some of the changes could take effect in the next school year, which begins August 2012. "We have to do something to give East Hamilton some immediate relief," Dr. McDade said. Still to be determined is how many current East Hamilton students will be "grandfathered in," allowing them to stay in the school in which they are currently enrolled.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/16975754/first-on-3-rezoning-meetings-set-for-east-hamilton-schools