Possible re-districting for some NHC schools

New Hanover County will have a new elementary school starting in the fall of 2009.

The new school will be located off Holly Shelter Road.

That likely means re-districting for thousands of kids in New Hanover County elementary schools.

The re-alignment plan was unveiled earlier this week at the monthly school board meeting, even though it wasn’t on the agenda.

NHC Asst. Superintendent Dr. Rick Holliday said, “We wanted to go ahead and start now so we would not lose the month of July in getting the word out to the population that this is what we are considering. As you know in re-districting the first effort, the first maps are just a starting point.”

The re-location of Snipes Elementary to the Johnson Elementary location also affects future re-alignment of students.