WASHINGTON COUNTY -- A decision whether to move 160 Boonsboro Elementary School students to a new school being built south of Hagerstown could be made during a public meeting next week.
The Washington County Board of Education decided Tuesday to move forward with the proposed redistricting plan.
This decision came despite an outcry from the Keedysville community, which has been perhaps the most openly opposed to the plan. The proposed changes affect mostly students to the west and northwest of Boonsboro, including the town of Keedysville.
Board Member Wayne D. Ridenour said Tuesday that he does not support the proposal.
"We condensed the time frame a little too much," he said. "We didn't get the input from the Keedysville people that we did in the first (redistricting effort)."
A committee began working on a redistricting plan for many county schools about a year ago, and proposals were presented to the school board in July. Officials have said redistricting is necessary to relieve overcrowding at many of the county's elementary schools, and to fill the new Rockland Woods Elementary and two replacement schools for Maugansville and Pangborn elementary schools.