The committee charged with drawing new elementary school boundaries is taking a road trip tomorrow night to view two of the county’s schools.

The 30-member committee will first head to Cleveland Elementary, which opened in 2002, and then proceed to East Fayette Elementary, whose building opened its doors in 1955.

The tour is designed to help the committee in making its decision on new boundaries and will show the difference between the newer and older schools.

One of the options the committee will consider is closing an older school and redrawing attendance lines for 18 elementary schools.

During last week’s meeting, the committee heard from planners in Peachtree City and Fayette County. Peachtree City planner David Rast told the members that one of the last tracts available for residential development in the city is an 88-acre tract owned by John Wieland. The tract is currently being studied by a committee, which will make a recommendation to the city for future development.

During the discussion, mention was made of a 25-acre tract that Wieland proposed donating to the school system in his Centennial development that could be used for a school. Some committee members said the tract was full of granite and could not be used for a school site.

“You tell Wieland to take that back and give us the 88 acres for a school site,” said committee member Geneva Weaver.

But contacted Tuesday, school Facilities Director Mike Satterfield said the site did contain a small amount of rock and wetlands, but there was a far greater concern with the site.

“It always comes back to there’s only one way in and out. We don’t like to have our schools hemmed in that way,” he said.

Fayette County planner Tom Williams said the significant area for growth in the county is the tract near Piedmont Fayette Hospital.

As the committee slowly wrestles with drawing new maps, much of the area of concern focuses on Peachtree City schools. Peachtree City Elementary and Huddleston Elementary are already overcrowded, and Kedron still has room for more students.

“Students are going to have to shift. That’s all there is to it,” said Assistant Superintendent C.W. Campbell.