The City of Harrisonburg School Board has approved the redistricting plan for the City elementary and middle schools to go into effect this coming (2017-18) school year.  The final public hearing took place this past Tuesday, and no members of the public spoke to provide any additional feedback about any further recommended changes.

Some excerpts from today's Daily News Record....

• The division must change its attendance boundaries to accommodate its new $25.9 million school, Bluestone Elementary School, which will open on Garbers Church Road next fall for up to 750 students.
   
• With the opening of Bluestone, fifth-graders will remain at their elementary schools instead of advancing to the middle schools.
   
• Most of Bluestone's future students now attend Keister Elementary. Students from Waterman and Spotswood will take the place of former Keister students.
  

Read the full DNR article here.

Download the full maps for the redistricting (and other notes) here.