About a month ago, Horry County Schools went back into session for the 2011 school year. Saturday, district officials talked about rezoning some overcrowded schools.
NewsChannel 15 has been following this story since the school board began meeting on the rezoning in April.
About 15 percent of the schools in the district are above capacity. Some of those are in the Carolina Forest area, which has had a population boom over the past few years.
Board members say they are still considering several options to relieve the overcrowding. The latest, introduced at a retreat on Saturday, would be to reutilize Ocean Bay Middle school so is not overcrowded and make program changes at Blackwater Middle School to attract students.
An initial proposal suggested sending a majority of kids who complete Carolina Forest Elementary to Black Water Middle School instead of Ocean Bay Middle School starting in the 2012-2013 school year.
That upset many members of the Carolina Forest Civic Association. They have been lobbying the board since this summer, and one member has created a Facebook group with more than 160 members. The Carolina Forest Civic Association is in favor of the K-8 plan.
Saturday, seven members of the meeting were in attendance. Public comment was not an option, so DeFeo said it wouldn't matter if more people were there or not, as no one would be able to comment.
