Facilities & Enrollment Advisory Committee (FEAC)
To involve the public in the resolution of facilities and enrollment issues, the Washington County Board of Education has created a standing Board advisory committee, known as the Facilities and Enrollment Advisory Committee (FEAC). This committee shall be comprised of representative parents, businesspersons, and community leaders who are interested in studying facilities and enrollment issues.
FEAC Objectives
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Review enrollment data and facilities usage information to make recommendations on the most efficient and educationally effective use of school facilities.
- Review enrollment projections, county population data, and facilities capacity information to determine areas of potential overcrowding in the county school system.
- Develop a proposal to implement the required changes to the attendance areas in accordance with the guidelines established in Board of Education regulation JCA-R.
- Pursuant to Board Policy JCA - Establishment of School Attendance Areas, the Board may issue a charge to the Committee from time to time, to provide advice to the Board in accordance with the charge issued to the Committee.
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CHARGE FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
"Downsville Pike" Elementary Redistricting
On June 20, 2023, the Washington County Board of Education (WCBOE) voted to close Fountain Rock Elementary School and Hickory Elementary School, upon the opening of a new “Downsville Pike” Elementary School. On March 18, 2025, the WCBOE charged the Facilities and Enrollment Advisory Committee (FEAC) to conduct a review of specific current school attendance zones and recommend changes to such zones based upon current enrollment projections through the 2027-2028 school year that will best utilize available space. The WCBOE charged FEAC, in its advisory capacity, to:
- Develop an attendance zone for the anticipated opening of the new “Downsville Pike” Elementary School. The school is scheduled to be open for the 2027-2028 school year.
- Study and recommend changes, if any, to elementary attendance zones to alleviate projected enrollment pressures at district facilities.
In response to this Charge, the FEAC had multiple open meetings where it reviewed attendance zone realignment options. The FEAC presented preliminary attendance zone realignment recommendations to the Board of Education in October of 2025. In February 2026, the committee voted on 14 attendance realignment recommendations that will be presented in a report to the Board of Education on April 7, 2026, in response to the Charge. All FEAC meeting agendas, and meetings minutes (including documents/presentations) are available under Documents/Links, or the FEAC Minutes and Report Archive.