NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Hundreds of Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) students might have to change schools by the upcoming academic year. The district will start community meetings next week to discuss the proposed zoning changes .
MNPS has seen significant enrollment growth, leading to near or overcapacity in several schools, and the numbers are projected to increase in the next two years. District leaders told News 2 the growth prompted the need for change.
“Some of the areas that were higher population 20 years ago or 10 years ago are a little different now,” MNPS Chief of Communications and Technology Sean Braisted explained, “and so we have to keep looking at that and see where we have capacity at certain schools and overcapacity in other schools and make sure that’s balanced.”…