A tiny dead-end street in Indian Harbour Beach is being rezoned from Hoover Middle School to DeLaura to eliminate a zig-zagged school commute that currently would take students through the DeLaura boundary area on their way to Hoover.
The change affects the west end of Poinsetta Drive, south of Verbenia Drive, where the Ocean Breeze townhomes are located. The block is bordered by a walking path on the north side. To the west is city-owned property where the emergency radio tower is, adjacent to the Algonquin Sports Complex.
Homes there are currently zoned for Hoover, but part of the area between the neighborhood and the school is zoned for DeLaura.
One middle school student lives on the block and already attends DeLaura.
“This one is pretty interesting,” Susan Hann, Brevard Public Schools director of project planning and management, told the School Board at a workshop meeting in October.
Hann said the issue arose last year when the student who lives there asked to attend DeLaura. The district granted his request.
“The student’s parents contacted us, we worked with them, and that student is now attending DeLaura,” Hann said.
“But we felt that based on the geography of the situation it only makes sense for this area to be included in the DeLaura boundary because you can’t really get to Hoover without going past the bus stop for DeLaura.”
The School Board will hold a public hearing on the issue at its regular Jan. 22 meeting at the district headquarters at 2700 Fran Jamieson Way in Viera, as part of a broader discussion for redistricting of two mainland schools. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.
