Allen Mills subdivision (PB10) is currently being considered for realignment away from cox mill elementary school to Odell elementary school. This petition is to show opposition to option 4 in regards to the elementary realignment which will realign Allen Mills out of Cox Mill elementary school. https://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01910456/Centricity/Domain/10766/CCS_NC_Meeting_3_Option_Analysis_and_Maps%20180621.pdf

Allen Mills subdivision (PB 10) is currently the closest neighborhood to Cox Mill ES and is located 0.3 miles from the school on the same road (cox mill rd). Allen Mills subdivision is closer than other neighborhoods that remain at Cox Mill under option 4. Busses transporting children to and from Cox Mill Elementary would actually bypass PB 10 (Allen Mills) to pick up students in neighborhoods that are further away.  It is highly inefficient for Odell school buses to have to come on the highly congested Poplar Tent and Cox Mill Rd to only pick up students in PB 10 when there are buses from Cox Mill Elementary already in the vicinity and on that road.  Students in Allen Mills subdivision (PB 10) would have to use the highly congested Poplar Tent and Harris Rd if zoned for Odell adding to the current overcrowding at those intersections.  Also making left hand turns onto Cox Mill Rd as well as Poplar Tent Rd poses a safety risk and creates traffic build up due to not having a light coming out of PB 10.

There are no major roads or natural boundaries that separate PB 10 from Cox mill elementary school.   In fact, Option 4 uses an arbitrary road (Benjamin Walker Ln) to separate PB 10 from Cox Mill and disregards the use of major roads or natural boundaries.  Option 4 essentially turns PB 10 into an island, isolated by a large wooded area and a heavily trafficked road (Poplar Tent) from the rest of the Odell community

Lastly, almost 40% of the elementary aged children moving into Allen Mills (PB 10) are moving from near by neighborhoods and already attend cox mill elementary; therefore, keeping Allen Mills (PB10) at cox mill elementary would not be a significant impact on the number of new students attending. In addition, Option 4 switches (PB 10) from Cox Mill to Odell and PB 8 from Carl Furr to Cox Mill. Fewer students would be impacted if both blocks were allowed to remain with their current schools, particularly in light of the fact that the children in PB 8 were already rezoned several years ago.

 Please support Allen Mills (PB 10) by signing this petition in opposition of Cabarrus county schools realignment plan option 4 in regards to the elementary school realignment and help to keep our kids in Allen Mills neighborhood at Cox Mill Elementary. Please also show support by completing an online feedback form on the Cabarrus county website stating the concerns mentioned above regarding this potential realignment. https://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Page/64860