With all the growth happening in and around south Richland and West Richland, the Richland School District has changed the attendance zone for White Bluffs Elementary. At last night’s meeting, the board approved this plan of action for the 2010-2011 school year:

• 14 housing developments in the White Bluffs zone have been reassigned to Lewis & Clark, Marcus Whitman or Tapteal Elementary Schools.
• Lewis & Clark will be used for immediate needs while Marcus Whitman and Tapteal will be used as new residential developments are built out in future years.
• Any students currently attending White Bluffs and residing in one of the reassigned developments will be allowed to continue at White Bluffs.
• All students registered by April 27 will be allowed to attend White Bluffs. After that date, students registering who live in one of the reassigned housing developments will be bused to one of the other schools.
• Families who move into new housing developments in the White Bluffs attendance zone will be told ahead of time that their children will attend schools other than White Bluffs.
• The District used a similar strategy eight years ago when Wiley Elementary School reached capacity. Students moving into new developments near Wiley were bused to schools in central Richland which had available space.

The district says White Bluffs — which just opened in the last year or two, as I recall — will already be at capacity next year. You can read more about last night’s board meeting by downloading the April 27 summary from the RSD web site.

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