<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0RdTKX_1H3qpwnc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0RdTKX_1H3qpwnc00" width="1320" height="743" >MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — The Macon-Bibb County School Board and its school consolidation committee held a meeting on Thursday addressing one of their main hot-button topics, school consolidation. The two have been going back and forth on which schools to consolidate for nearly two years. After backlash to their most recent consolidation scenarios, the board agreed to take a more collaborative and data-driven approach to determine which schools may have to close.DID YOU HEAR | Unclaimed remains to be scattered at Rose Hill, with ceremony planned and names engravedThe data presented in Thursday's meeting was on attendance and transfer trends.James Farmer, Bibb County School Board member, said, "This gives us really the bigger picture as to what is going on, where people are moving to different districts and why, and i think some of that data is probably going to tell us information as to what the community feels about an individual school."Deputy Superintendent Dr. Katika Lovett said the main reason the county is exploring consolidation is because of declining school enrollment, and deaputy superintended doctor katikka lovett says that those trends of the past 5 years are included in the data they are assessing."It is a combination of things, because we've had people, of course, move to different areas and people are moving in the area. We also have seen fewer people having babies. One of the data points, just to reiterate, is that this is such a data-driven process," said Dr. Lovett. "One of the data points we look at is birth rates, so we're looking to see how many people are having children over the past five years. That helps us predict who may come to our schools in the future. We've seen some lower numbers when we start looking at birth rates in terms of who might be having children that will one day grow up and attend our schools."The board also made it clear that they want to hear from the community on what schools they should or should not consider, as they now take a more hands-on approach to the consolidation scenarios they are working on and want to hear what the community's likes and dislikes are during the process.Dr. Lovett said, "It is mission critical that we hear from our community throughout this process.""The important thing is that we all are part of this community. We all have a stake in it. We all want to make sure that this district is the best it can be," Farmer said.While there was no decision to be made in Thursday's meeting, the board and its consolidation committee say they will meet again in December. Stick with WGXA as we keep you ready for what's next. </div></body>

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MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — The Macon-Bibb County School Board and its school consolidation committee held a meeting on Thursday addressing one of their main hot-button topics, school consolidation. The two have been going back and forth on which schools to consolidate for nearly two years. After backlash to their...

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MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — The Macon-Bibb County School Board and its school consolidation committee held a meeting on Thursday addressing one of their main hot-b

Bibb County Schools continue to explore consolidation options

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