Town hall meetings will be held next week as Roanoke City Public Schools moves toward its first substantial attendance zone changes in 17 years.
The division is reviewing its zones in hopes of alleviating student overcrowding, effectively using each school building’s capacity, making access to programs and services equitable and keeping kids in the schools nearest to their homes, the division’s project webpage says.
School board policy states that the board should review attendance zones as population and demographics shift, said RCPS spokesperson Claire Mitzel, adding that “It was time for the board to look at this anyway.”…