Despite deep divisions, School Committee pushes ahead with geography-based school assignment
The School Committee endorsed a major policy shift at their April 9 meeting that will change the way elementary students are assigned to schools in Acton-Boxborough. The policy change directs the District to assign elementary students who are enrolling in the District to a school based on geographic attendance zones that have been established by the Committee and that prioritize balanced enrollment, efficient use of facilities, and equitable access to educational opportunities. The move overturns a 54-year practice of open enrollment which assigned students to an elementary school based on families’ ranked preferences. Elementary school families remain deeply divided about…
