A bus drops students off at Tonda Elementary in Canton Township. About 750 of the Plymouth-Canton district's children will attend a different school in the fall. If top administrators approve, about 750 of the district's 7,500 elementary children will attend a different school in the fall. We haven't moved all that many kids, considering all of the boundary changes. But if you're one of the kids who's moving, we know it's a big deal.
Boundary shifts are common in growing districts across Metro Detroit.
Of the more than 700 students who'll attend a new school next year, about 450 will go to Dodson. We're using teachers' lounges and photocopy rooms for instruction. But it should get better next year. But other parents worry their children will have difficulty in leaving a familiar school and classmates. Most of them will do just fine.