the district finally backed down and laing is staying a magnet as it should be. its huge that they listened to us and decided to leave our excellent schools alone. thanks to everyone who hung in there with me while we pushed for this.
November 16, 2019
Final supporters
We, the below signed residents of Oyster Point, oppose the proposed changes to the partial magnet proposal, as applied to District 2/Mount Pleasant.
Charleston County School District's Board of Trustees is considering sweeping changes to the partial magnet program, including removing the partial magnet status of Laing, our award-winning STEM magnet middle school. The proposal is based on a need for reforms in other parts of the school district. However, in District 2 (Mount Pleasant), all indicators are that our schools are performing excellently and do not need these reforms. The District 2 Constituent Board has objected to these proposals.
District 2 has just gone through two major rezoning processes: middle school, which went into effect just this school year; and high school, which will go into effect next year. In addition, neighborhoods north of the IOP Connector were moved from Jennie Moore Elementary to Whitesides Elementary in 2015. That is 3 rezonings, each school level, in 5 years.
Oyster Point has been (and will be) significantly impacted by these rezonings, having been moved from Laing Middle School to Moultrie Middle School, and then being kept at Wando High School and thus separated from the majority of our Whitesides Elementary zone. The DD2 Board's estimate is that approximately 80 students from an 8th grade class at Moultrie will go to Wando (one of the largest high schools in the state).
Currently, 20 students from Oyster Point attend Laing as Magnet Students, and 9 attend Moultrie. As we adjust to all these rezonings, we have families opting to go to Moultrie (students stay with their elementary cohorts for middle school), and families opting to go to Laing (students go to middle school with the kids they will go to high school with). We are a great example of how the "school choice" program works.
And so We, the below signed residents of Oyster Point, oppose the proposed changes to the partial magnet program. We respectfully request that the CCSD Board of Trustees not make any further changes to zoning and attendance (such as these magnet proposals) at the schools in Mount Pleasant's District 2 at this time. We ask for more stability for our children and their school assignments.
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October 17, 2019
i honestly cant believe how fast this is growing. seeing so many people from the neighborhood speak up about these school changes shows me that we arent the only ones feeling frustrated by the lack of planning.
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October 17, 2019
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Enough with the rezoning already. We bought in Oyster Point for the schools and they keep moving the goalposts. Let our kids finish their middle school years in peace!
We are tired of being treated like pawns in these district games. Please stop changing the rules for us every single year.
Ridiculous that they keep messing with District 2 when our schools are doing just fine. Leave Laing alone.
I am NOT in favor of CCSD's changes/removal of partial magnet status from the Laing. Currently I live in Oyster Point and choose to send my child to Jennie Moore Elementary. We plan to apply for Laing, when the time comes, not only so that our child can continue to attend school with her current classmates, but also because Laing is an award-winning STEM school. Additionally, I'm very disappointed in the amount of time and resources spent to rezone District 2 this past year when the numbers considered, at that time, were based on schools which included partial magnet status. It just appears as if we are working backwards.
My son attends Laing only due to this magnet school program and only after changes were made to the zoning n MP after we signed a contraact to move into this neighborhood. We chose OP due to the zoning at the time and were surprised by the Whitesides decision first ad then the Laing rezoning decisions, only after our son started his career at Laing.
1522 Pearl Tabby Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466
The same for Sullivan's Island Elementary. We reject these changes
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the district finally backed down and laing is staying a magnet as it should be. its huge that they listened to us and decided to leave our excellent schools alone. thanks to everyone who hung in there with me while we pushed for this.
November 16, 2019
Final supporters
We, the below signed residents of Oyster Point, oppose the proposed changes to the partial magnet proposal, as applied to District 2/Mount Pleasant.
Charleston County School District's Board of Trustees is considering sweeping changes to the partial magnet program, including removing the partial magnet status of Laing, our award-winning STEM magnet middle school. The proposal is based on a need for reforms in other parts of the school district. However, in District 2 (Mount Pleasant), all indicators are that our schools are performing excellently and do not need these reforms. The District 2 Constituent Board has objected to these proposals.
District 2 has just gone through two major rezoning processes: middle school, which went into effect just this school year; and high school, which will go into effect next year. In addition, neighborhoods north of the IOP Connector were moved from Jennie Moore Elementary to Whitesides Elementary in 2015. That is 3 rezonings, each school level, in 5 years.
Oyster Point has been (and will be) significantly impacted by these rezonings, having been moved from Laing Middle School to Moultrie Middle School, and then being kept at Wando High School and thus separated from the majority of our Whitesides Elementary zone. The DD2 Board's estimate is that approximately 80 students from an 8th grade class at Moultrie will go to Wando (one of the largest high schools in the state).
Currently, 20 students from Oyster Point attend Laing as Magnet Students, and 9 attend Moultrie. As we adjust to all these rezonings, we have families opting to go to Moultrie (students stay with their elementary cohorts for middle school), and families opting to go to Laing (students go to middle school with the kids they will go to high school with). We are a great example of how the "school choice" program works.
And so We, the below signed residents of Oyster Point, oppose the proposed changes to the partial magnet program. We respectfully request that the CCSD Board of Trustees not make any further changes to zoning and attendance (such as these magnet proposals) at the schools in Mount Pleasant's District 2 at this time. We ask for more stability for our children and their school assignments.
Updates
October 17, 2019
i honestly cant believe how fast this is growing. seeing so many people from the neighborhood speak up about these school changes shows me that we arent the only ones feeling frustrated by the lack of planning.
Reached 100 supporters
October 17, 2019
10 Comments
1604 Pearl Tabby Dr. We totally oppose this plan.
Enough with the rezoning already. We bought in Oyster Point for the schools and they keep moving the goalposts. Let our kids finish their middle school years in peace!
We are tired of being treated like pawns in these district games. Please stop changing the rules for us every single year.
Ridiculous that they keep messing with District 2 when our schools are doing just fine. Leave Laing alone.
I am NOT in favor of CCSD's changes/removal of partial magnet status from the Laing. Currently I live in Oyster Point and choose to send my child to Jennie Moore Elementary. We plan to apply for Laing, when the time comes, not only so that our child can continue to attend school with her current classmates, but also because Laing is an award-winning STEM school. Additionally, I'm very disappointed in the amount of time and resources spent to rezone District 2 this past year when the numbers considered, at that time, were based on schools which included partial magnet status. It just appears as if we are working backwards.
My son attends Laing only due to this magnet school program and only after changes were made to the zoning n MP after we signed a contraact to move into this neighborhood. We chose OP due to the zoning at the time and were surprised by the Whitesides decision first ad then the Laing rezoning decisions, only after our son started his career at Laing.
1522 Pearl Tabby Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466
The same for Sullivan's Island Elementary. We reject these changes
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1604 Pearl Tabby Dr. We totally oppose this plan.