SPS wants to redraw boundary lines, changing attendance areas for 8 schools.

At a Tuesday meeting, Springfield district officials outlined plans to redraw three attendance boundaries.

Students assigned to attend Sunshine Elementary but who live south of Sunshine Street will be split between Twain and Holland. Sunshine is operating at 102% capacity compared to 80% at Holland and nearly 87% at Twain. If approved, the change will impact 44 students at Sunshine and 15 at Holland. Those students, currently eligible for busing due to a barrier street, will no longer be eligible.

The board is expected to vote on the changes as early as Oct. 22. If approved, letters will be sent to the families.

Springfield Public Schools wants to redraw the attendance boundary for Sunshine Elementary and assign students who live south of Sunshine Street to Twain and Holland elementary schools.

The district will not automatically "grandfather in" affected students who want to remain in their current school.

Their families can request a transfer to remain at the school or go to a different one if space is available. The district has open enrollment and there is a window each year for requesting transfers to a school other than the one the student is assigned to attend.