The Rutherford County Board of Education s 10-year building program will open 13 new schools throughout the county from 2000 to 2010. Elementary and middle schools are designed for 1,000 students. High schools are designed for 2,000 students. 119 portable classrooms are in use system-wide to accommodate growth. The Rutherford County Board of Education and County Commission are working together on a 10-year plan to build schools to accommodate anticipated future growth in enrollment and eliminate all portable classrooms.
Transportation is provided for all students to their zoned school.
School zones are set by the Board of Education. Zones are designed to send students to the closest school, while maintaining socio-economic, racial and ethnic balances. Because of the tremendous population growth in Rutherford County, many new schools are currently under construction or development and others are planned for the next 10 years. As each new school is opened, zone lines must be redrawn. While the board does attempt to minimize changing zones as much as possible, with the number of new schools being built, it is likely that many residents will be effected by rezoning at some point during the next 10 years.