Special to the Chronicle

No, Lexington-Richard 5 is not selling seats. They are offering an option to the enrollment freeze at crowded Chapin Elementary and Lake Murray Elementary. The district is having an optional lottery for available seats. The district said the lottery will only be for students reassigned to other schools. The action was taken to allow class sizes to remain at acceptable levels and not overload classrooms. Chief Planning and Administration Officer Dr. Michael Harris said this will not increase class sizes as seats are limited. Why doesn’t the district re-draw attendance lines? Harris said the district is trying to limit the number of times students will be rezoned to other schools. “When the new school is built, we will be reviewing that... So that particular time, we think is most appropriate to re-draw lines and to then engage families, [rather] than having to shift should that be the case,” Dr. Harris said.