More than 50 community members filed into Eastside High School’s auditorium Wednesday night to protest Alachua County Public Schools’ proposed rezoning maps.
The maps call for the closure of up to four elementary schools: Williams, Foster, Rawlings and Alachua Elementary — five if Duval Early Learning Academy, a pre-K through kindergarten school, is considered. The maps also propose the conversion of three middle schools — Mebane, Lincoln and Oak View — into kindergarten through eighth grade schools.
One group of community members gathered wearing Duval Early Learning Academy T-shirts and holding posters that read “Duval belongs here.”…