By: Las Vegas Now Staff
There's less than a week left for some Henderson parents to fight possible rezoning changes at Lamping Elementary School.
The school is overcrowded by more than 400 students, but many parents don't want their children moved.
What once was a united school has slowly turned into community against community.
Sunridge community parents all pitched in to rent a mobile billboard which shows their opposition to being bused to a different school — especially when they are within walking distance of Lamping.
But other parents say this is just an example of how desperate parents have gotten.
Parents from the community were out in front of the school Wednesday getting signatures from parents that don't want to see their kids bussed to another school.
One of the proposals for this re-zoning change is to make Sunridge kids, who live just a couple of blocks from Lamping, take a bus to Glen Taylor Elementary down the road.
Meanwhile, there's a chance children coming from Anthem Country Club will be taken out of Lamping and moved to Glen Taylor.
In either situation, somebody is going to lose. P
Parents on both sides are fighting to make sure it's not them. They're frustrated, saying they feel like it's neighborhood against neighborhood.
“We have to fight for our children. I understand that they've got to fight for their kids too and I don't fault them for that. I have nothing against anyone in Anthem County Club, but my kids can walk to school and I just think it is ridiculous and a waste of taxpayer's money,” said parent Michele Leckie.
Lamping is overcrowded by 400 students and there are 26 portables behind the school. While parents ultimately wish the district would leave them alone, they've been told that's not an option. Something will have to change.
The Sunridge community has actually paid to have the billboard stay at the school for the rest of the week.
The zoning committee is having a final public input meeting about the issue on Monday night. From there they will make a recommendation to the board on what rezoning proposal they think is best.
A decision isn't expected until early March. The board can take the recommendation of the zoning committee or decide to go another way.
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