V.I. Board of Education Orders Redistricting Readiness Report as Parent Questions Mount

Amid public uncertainty over how the V.I. Department of Education’s redistricting plan will affect students, families, teachers and school operations, the V.I. Board of Education on Monday voted during a special meeting to issue a general administrative order requiring the department to provide a far more detailed account of how the process will be carried out. According to VIBE Chair Dr. Kyza Callwood, board members were concerned that key parts of the department’s messaging have not been clear enough, particularly as questions continue to grow over what the redistricting process will mean in practical terms for families and schools. “The board felt that some of the things that they’re either saying via the Senate or through their communication is not clear,” said Callwood, noting uncertainty among the public over “when parents would know what’s happening with their children, where they will be moving to, when they have to buy school uniform, what’s going to be happening with teache...