<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0C8v9x_1H3IV16G00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0C8v9x_1H3IV16G00" width="1200" height="628" >The rezoning of some students at Mitchell-Neilson, Northfield, Black Fox and Hobgood elementary schools for the 2027-2028 school year was discussed but not voted upon at the Murfreesboro City Schools meeting Nov. 10.MCS Director Dr. Trey Duke showed two rezoning options to the board and said he expects to bring a recommended option to the board’s Dec. 8 meeting. The board could vote on the rezoning at that meeting.The reason for the rezoning is to avoid overcrowding and allow Mitchell-Neilson to house the entire pre-kindergarten program on the east side of the city. Cason Lane serves pre-kindergarten students on the west side of Murfreesboro.The difference in the two options is the zone boundary line and the number of students who would leave Mitchell-Neilson and go to Northfield. Because there are two buildings at Mitchell-Neilson, the primary school building would house the pre-kindergarten students and the other one would allow for the consolidation of the kindergarten through fifth grade classes in one building.The rezoning will enlarge Northfield’s zone and “would help ensure we are using the building’s capacity more efficiently in an area that is not experiencing significant growth of new families or homes,” Duke said.The two pre-kindergarten classes at Black Fox Elementary would move to Mitchell-Neilson and that would open two classrooms at Black Fox, which is at 98 percent capacity. Four pre-kindergarten classrooms would move from John Pittard Elementary to Mitchell-Neilson, which would free up four classrooms at John Pittard. That school is currently at 90 percent capacity.Rising fifth graders would have the opportunity to stay at their current school. Their siblings would be allowed to stay for the 2027-2028 school year so families are not split at different schools, Duke said.The board approved changes to eight policies to adhere to a new state law about gender identification. The policies include those about instructional programs, extracurricular activities, interscholastic activities, complaints and grievances, student goals, questioning students and searches, student discrimination, harassment, bullying, cyber-bullying and intimidation and Title IX and sexual harassment.The new law says that the policies must state, “the immutable characteristics of the person’s reproductive system that identifies a person as male or female, as determined by anatomy or genetics at the time of birth.”MCS attorney Lauren Bush said that if the new language is not incorporated into the policies, the board could be open to legal action.The board also approved switching a bus which was too old to transport students from the transportation department to the nutrition department to serve as a summer Chow Bus.The district has had the summer feeding program using the buses for years. One was heavily damaged in the 2024 flood, and one was older and needed to be retired.The board also approved an agreement between the Tennessee Environmental Council and two MCS schools for the planting and care of trees on each campus. Trees were scheduled to be planted at Bradley Academy on Nov. 13 and trees are scheduled to be planted at Hobgood Elementary on Dec. 1.</div></body>

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The rezoning of some students at Mitchell-Neilson, Northfield, Black Fox and Hobgood elementary schools for the 2027-2028 school year was discussed but not voted upon at the Murfreesboro City Schools meeting Nov. 10. MCS Director Dr. Trey Duke showed two rezoning options to the board and said he expects to...

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