Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is releasing an updated draft of residential boundary changes to the public next week.
District officials have spent the last several months meeting with the community to adjust residential school zones as part of a project funded by a federal grant.
These haven’t been updated in more than 30 years, even as population density, birth rates, traffic patterns and more have changed.
Chief Equity Officer Effie McMillian says this has led to socioeconomic segregation, schools that are overcrowded or under-enrolled, and transportation inefficiencies. She says the latest map decreases driving distances by about a mile on average, and only rezones about 12% of students.
“So this truly minimizes the disruption that would happen across the entire community," she said at a school board workshop on Tuesday.
The draft will be available on the district’s website on June 23. Families, students and staff can leave feedback online, or attend a community meeting scheduled for next week.