By: Las Vegas Now Staff
Dozens of parents upset over school rezoning recommendations are signed up to speak at the Clark County school board meeting tonight. School board trustees are expected to vote on some of the recommendations.
The re-zoning recommendations impact several schools in the valley and in some cases have become very controversial. In recent months, parents even held informational pickets at some of the schools.
One of the most hotly contested rezoning recommendations involves students moving from Lamping Elementary School to Glen Taylor Elementary School. Parents say the process has become very nasty.
“In our school it's gotten ugly. You have parents in different neighborhoods who have been pitted against each other who at the very beginning wanted to work together to keep everybody there,” said Kevinn Donovan, a parent. Under the rezoning proposal, his student may be rezoned from Lamping to Taylor.
He says this is a complicated issue and needs more time to be reviewed. “You can't expect to make a decision like this with the amount of public input they've had in two months. It's not possible,” he said.
On the other side of the issue is parent Crystal Thurman. She lives in Anthem Country Club and her kids will stay at Lamping if the recommendation is approved.
“We felt like we did the right thing. We followed all of the rules. We did exactly what we were supposed to do and we feel like in the end maybe that's what got rewarded,” she said.
Parents have argued that recommendations were made in favor of the more affluent families that live in Anthem, and not those who do not live in the country club.
Ken Rezendes is a member of the board who recommended the rezoning to ease overcrowding at Lamping.
“This was never about the guys who had more money and the guys who don't. This was about trying to serve the community and school in the best way that we can,” said ken Rezendez, Attendance Zone Advisory Committee member.
School board trustees can vote on the recommendations or study they further.
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