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Gainesville, Hall families take advantage of school choice options
Districts allow movement outside of attendance zones for speciality instruction
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Kaylee Peck, 10, Cloie Williams, 10, and Lilly Perry, 10 work on projects May 3 in Heather York’s fourth-grade class at Riverbend Elementary School in Gainesville. Riverbend Elementary School has an Advanced Scholars Academy class for every grade where the students are involved in project-based learning. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Traditionally in education, students have attended the public school in the attendance zone where their family lived. There were some exceptions and some specific programs, such as gifted or special education, where the students were set apart for a limited time or the whole day. But most students still were enrolled in the school designated by zones.