New North Augusta school bringing new Aiken County zoning. Here's what to know.

A new school in North Augusta means some children may need to be moved around.

Aiken County Public Schools is taking input on how they should redraw its school zones for the Highland Springs Middle School under construction.

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Option 1 involves drawing students from North Augusta Middle, Paul Knox Middle, Langley Bath Clearwater Middle and Leavelle McCampbell Middle so that no student would be moved from their current middle school to an existing middle school. This keeps North Augusta Middle's zone non-contiguous.

Option 2 draws students from only North Augusta and Paul Knox Middle so that no student would be moved from their current middle school to an existing middle school. This keeps North Augusta Middle's zone non-contiguous.

Option 5 draws students from all four middle schools in a manner that distributes students evenly without regard to students moving from their current middle school to an existing middle school. This makes North Augusta Middle's zone contiguous.

Option 6 draws students from only North Augusta and Paul Knox Middle so that no student would be moved from their current middle school to an existing middle school. This makes North Augusta Middle's zone contiguous.

The school district held two public forums last week where the input of families and staff members was taken. At both, the two more popular zoning changes were Options 1 and 5.

One of the parents, Dallas Frazier, said his primary concerns are for his son to be able to stay in his current school and that LBC is not overlooked when rezoning. Another parent, Anisha Burkett, said she just hopes the new school will offer sports, otherwise her daughter will be very disappointed.

Aiken County Superintendent King Laurence attended both input meetings. He witnessed how concerned people were about having to move from one school to another.

"If we're trying to manage the population so that the schools have generally equal sizes, have generally equal socioeconomic populations that have the programs they need, then we're gonna have to look at all of the lines," he said.

Highland Springs is being built off Old Sudlow Lake Road in the Belvedere area. As of the Jan. 10 update, construction is steady and the exterior veneer, openings and roofing were at least 80% complete.

After receiving input, professional demographers will present any alterations to the previously proposed plans at school board meetings at 6 p.m. Tuesday and again on Feb. 28. An online survey is still available for those who could not attend either meeting. For more information and to leave feedback, go to acpsd.net.

This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: New Aiken County school in North Augusta means zoning changes