Proposed school reassignment forums

The Cumberland County Board of Education scheduled three public forums this week as it considers closing T.C. Berrien Elementary School.

If the school board moves forward with that proposal, students at T.C. Berrien would be reassigned to other schools in the district, school officials have said. The reassignment of those students could impact schools in the T.C. Berrien area and possibly other schools in the district, school officials said in a news release.

The school system has scheduled three meetings to hear from the public. The first meeting was Monday night at Douglas Byrd Middle School. The other meetings are:  

• Public Forum 2: Tuesday, 6 p.m. at W.T. Brown Elementary School, 2522 Andrews Church Road, Spring Lake. For Lillian Black, W.T. Brown and Manchester Elementary School families.
• Public Forum 3: Thursday, 6 p.m. at Ferguson-Easley Elementary School, 1857 Seabrook Road. For T.C. Berrien, Lucile Souders, Ferguson-Easley, Glendale Acres, Ashley, Walker-Spivey, Alma Easom, Vanstory Hills, Luther "Nick" Jeralds and R. Max Abbott families.