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Onslow County, North Carolina, 2008 Redistricting Plan

Over the winter of 2008-09, OREd was again involved in crafting reassignment plans for Onslow County schools. To meet the needs of the growing county population, Stateside Elementary School will open in 2009 to help relieve overcrowding in several schools in the northern region of the district. The Stateside Elementary site is optimally located to provide classroom space to anticipated residential development in the area.
Learn more through the county's PowerPoint and PDF online presentations»

OR/Ed. study chosen for publication in TRR Journal

— January 2009

The OR/Ed. paper, "Planning for Enrollment Growth: Using Land Use Data to Determine Future School Sites," was chosen from 2,800 global submissions and chosen as one of 704 papers for publication in the 2008 Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (Volume 2074). Authored by OREd program manager, Michael A. Miller, the study findings represent nearly two-years of research on the growing school population in Wake County, North Carolina. Miller outlines how the the Lab's data-drive decision science tools will help county administrators meet the challenges over the next 20 years.
Read the study»

Study suggests spots for new county schools

— From The Star, Cleveland County, North Carolina, July 18, 2008

SHELBY - No crystal balls for the Cleveland County School System. The school board recently reviewed a lengthy study that will help the system peer into the future.

The Integrated Planning for School and Community Report was compiled by the Operations Research/ Education Lab, Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University. Find out more»

Committee set to study redistricting in Lenoir Co. schools

— From The Kinston Free Press, Lenoir County, North Carolina; October 20, 2008

As Lenoir County Schools' student population continues to decline, the county's school board is moving forward with its plan to redraw the school district's attendance lines.

A redistricting study committee met Monday at the Lenoir County Board of Education's central board room to review how the evaluation process will work. More than 70 people — including students, teachers, principals, county commissioners, athletic directors and parents — were invited to the first of several scheduled meetings to discuss the redistricting plan. Read the complete article»