02-141Date: November 22, 2002

Two public meetings concerning the proposed re-zoning of Powell and Rocky Hill Elementary School students have been scheduled. The meetings will give parents an opportunity to review the zone maps, and to ask questions about the proposed re-zoning, as well as talk with the school Principals and tour the schools.

The rezoning actions are necessary to compensate for growth in the Powell and Rocky Hill Elementary Schools zones, and to permit the school system to remain in compliance with requirements of the Tennessee Basic Education Program. As with all rezoning actions, rising fourth and fifth grade students may be grandfathered to their current school provided parents provide transportation.

The first meeting will be for students zoned from Powell Elementary School to Brickey Elementary School.
The meeting will be Dec. 3, at 6:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of Brickey Elementary School located at 1810 Dry
Gap Pike.

This rezoning action would impact about 116 students, and it will extend the western boundary of the current Brickey Elementary School zone to the Following points:

• Beginning with the Central Avenue Pike and Interstate 75 underpass and proceeding counter-clockwise
• All property boundaries with primary entrances adjoining the west side of Central Avenue Pike to the East Emory Road intersection
• All property boundaries with primary entrances adjoining the west side of Heiskell Road from the East Emory Road intersection to Wakebridge Boulevard
• All properties east of the centerline of Heiskell Road and south of Gardner Lane with primary entrances accessed from Heiskell Road
• All properties located north of East Emory Road with primary entrances accessed from the intersection of
  
• Blueberry Road and East Emory Road and continuing to the center of Interstate 75
  
  The second meeting will be for students zoned from Rocky Hill Elementary School to Sequoyah Elementary School. The meeting will be Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium of Sequoyah Elementary School located at 942 South Gate Road.
  
  This rezoning action would impact about 70 students, and would include students living in the following
  areas:
  
  
• Cherokee Springs Way
  
• East of Wright's Ferry Road and south of Dogwood Drive to the intersection of Dogwood Drive, Whitower Drive, and Crystal Lake Drive
  
• All residences on roads east of the three-way intersection of Dogwood Drive, Crystal Lake Drive, and Whitower Drive
  
• West of Wright's Ferry Road and south of Badgett Road including Misty Trace, Dawn's Pass, Delta Way,
  and Kara Lane