After attending Littlewood Elementary School for years, Quantisha Campbell’s 10-year-old boy is starting the academic year at home after being unenrolled following the district’s rezoning.
Under its “Our Schools — Future Ready” plan, Alachua County Public Schools have sought to reduce excess capacity by rezoning attendance boundaries and closing schools. District officials have attributed these changes in part to declining enrollment and a rise in charter schools.
ACPS served nearly 29,000 students in the 2021-22 academic year. The district now serves about 26,000 students, according to its website — a decline of roughly 10%…