CSD proposes new attendance lines

CLOVER, S.C. - The Clover Board of Trustees proposed new attendance lines for the upcoming 2026 school year at the Board of Trustees meeting on Aug. 25.

Clover School District Chief Operations Officer Dr. Mark Hopkins shared seven guiding principles which helped his team determine how to create the attendance lines. The principles are: do not split neighborhoods, use major highways and thoroughfares as guiding lines, attempt to zone feeding elementary to middle to high, attempt to keep each school’s percent to capacity at 80% or lower, attempt to move children no more than once when possible, zone neighborhoods connecting to school property to that school when logical, and take into consideration all new construction of housing when calculating rezoning.

Elementary school aged children located within the Bethany school district will not be affected as it is the only unchanged elementary district. The northern stretch of Highway 321 leading into Bowling Green will be absorbed into the Griggs Elementary School from Kinard. The Oakridge border will be from Riddle Mill Road to Montgomery Road and north of Highway 557. The new Liberty Hill Elementary school will accompany everything east of Highway 49 and south of Five Points, excluding the Lake Wylie Road area which will become a part of Bethel. The Bethel lines will be the area south of Highway 55 and north of Highway 49, along with with the area east of Paraham Road. and west of Paddlers Cove. Crowders Creek new border will no longer include Lake Wylie Road and will extend south of Highway 557 and north of Five Points. The western boundary is in the area between the Timberlake and Paddlers Cove neighborhoods.

While one of the guiding principles was the aim to not split neighborhoods, this plan does split up the new development of West Port with Highway 49 being the dividing line. This will not impact any current families as the development is just starting construction.

A success of the proposed attendance lines is how the elementary school borders cleanly feed into the middle schools with no separation. Bethany, Larne, and Kinard Elementary Schools will all feed into Clover Middle School. Griggs Road, Bethel, and Liberty Hill Elementary Schools will feed into the new Roosevelt Middle School. This leaves Oakridge Elementary and Crowders Creek Elementary Schools going to Oakridge Middle School.

The high school attendance zone for Lake Wylie High School encompasses the area east of Riddle Mill Road, north of Five Points, and east of Highway 49. Everything west of these lines will be Clover High School.

Fears about what might happen to the Montessori program at Griggs Road Elementary were alleviated when district Superintendent Dr. Sheila Quinn made it known to the public that it would remain at the central location of Griggs Road Elementary, and even hinted at a possible expansion of the program for children aged 3 to 5 years.

Hopkins made it clear as the presentation started that these lines were based solely on geography and population. Future growth was another major consideration when drawing the lines.

Student numbers that are posted on the reassignment process website are live and will change as students register or withdraw from the Clover School District. All numbers for the middle schools include current fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students, as this year’s fifth graders will be next year’s sixth graders. High school numbers include eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students.

To engage in discussion about attendance lines and provide feedback in person, you can attend one of the community input meetings scheduled for Sept. 4 at OMS, Sept. 11 at CMS, and Sept. 16 at the district auditorium. You can also provide feedback online at the website listed below.

For more information, go to this link . Maps, the board presentation, and a link to a feedback form, along with other information related to the proposed attendance lines, are located there. You can also conduct an address search to determine where your student will attend next year. Open the document and “Command F” on a Mac or “Control F” on a PC to search for your address. The final decision for attendance lines will be made at the Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 22.