JENKS, Okla — Jenks parents and community members can ask questions and voice concerns about plans for redistricting Jenks Public Schools' elementary schools.
The meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 19th at 7 p.m.
2 News heard concerns from many, like mom Kelsey Graham. Her son is in a multi-age classroom and now will have to move.
“It’s a multi-age. They go to the same class with the same teacher for next year, so he was going to have that consistency. He was very excited about it, and so to break that to him, I tried not to, but I did tell him, and he was a little bit sad about it,” Graham said.
2 News started following this developing story since the decision on November 10th but Graham said parents and even teachers did not know before the district announced the decision.
WATCH: Jenks Elementary Schools redistricting, 2 News takes concerns to district
“I haven’t heard anything at all and that’s a concern, no answers no nothing, just this is happening,” Graham said after she was notified her son would be moving schools.
2 News took concerns to Jenks Public Schools. Jeffery Beyer, the chief operations officer at Jenks, told 2 News the district's growth is the driving factor.
Three of the four schools will have new boundaries, Jenks Southeast being the only one unchanged.
" When schools reach capacity districts have two options, they can build new classrooms or they can redistribute students to sites that may have available classrooms," said Beyer.
Broken Arrow also announced the redistricting of their middle schools.
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