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South Walton Fifth Graders Might Be Moved to Middle School

Jdarg avatar
JdargSoWal Expert
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FYI parents of elementary school kids- meeting with Superintendent Anderson regarding this proposal Thursday, Mar. 24th, 6 pm at Suth Walton High School.


Some Walton County fifth-graders might move to middle schools | schools, county, fifth - Northwest Florida Daily News

The plan calls for fifth-graders from Bay and Butler elementary schools to move into some unused classrooms at Emerald Coast Middle School, which will open in August. Freeport Elementary fifth-graders would be moved to an empty building on Freeport Middle School campus.
Under the class size reduction amendment approved by voters in 2002, no more than 18 students are allowed in classrooms from kindergarten through third grade. Fourth- through eighth-grade classes must have no more than 22 students.
Walton County schools have been growing for the last decade. On average, about 100 new students enroll each year in all schools. That number spiked to more than 300 students last October.

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momof2kids avatar
momof2kidsBeach Fanatic
#77
I'm not saying it's not something to worry about, but FTLOG put things in perspective. If this is the big issue of education in South Walton then I'd say we are doing extremely well.


I had a relative in town over the weekend with a 13 yr old boy who said that in his middle school kids bring guns; drugs are everywhere; girls are offering sexual favors in the bathrooms during school hours; fights are happening daily...

All I can say is thank goodness the few bad things that happen in our middle schools are nothing like his experiences. He was amazed at our schools & what they have to offer compared to his "big city" school...

**(And by "bad" I don't mean moving the students)
scooterbug44 avatar
scooterbug44SoWal Expert
#78
How much of a factor is school choice in contributing to crowding?

There seem to be a lot of students who don't live here, but go to school here by choice.
GoodWitch58Beach Fanatic
#79
How much of a factor is school choice in contributing to crowding?

There seem to be a lot of students who don't live here, but go to school here by choice.

where do they live?
EstherBeach Comber
#80
We asked the same question. The superintendent said there are only a few students at Bay and Butler that are from other counties. They have approved waivers that allow them to attend our elementary schools. There are also students that come to our schools from Freeport and north Walton. Our district does not have any inforced zoning and allows students to go to any school within the district, but they do not provide transportation out of your zone. We were not told how many students out of the south walton zone are attending Bay and Butler, but feel this number is significant. We asked about inforcing zoning to help alleviate overcrowding and grandfathering in the children currently attending schools out of their zone. We are not for displacing children. Ms. Anderson said that many parents from the north end of the county work in the south end, and they want their children going to school in the south end. She said she does not want to go to zoning for this reason. However, she did suggest that the Board should look at this issue.

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