Under that option, Munford would go from 77% white to 55%. Fox — this time combined with Carver — would go from roughly 2 in 3 students being white to 41%.

Fox would still be paired with Cary in another proposal.

Changing the school zones, Sturtevant said, could split siblings between buildings, making drop-off and pickup harder for working parents. For many young families, he said, Munford and Fox were the “driving force” that led them to buy a house in Richmond.

“This is obviously a major change for them,” he said.

Parents both in support of and against the idea have turned out at community meetings across the city since the new plan’s release. They’ve also taken to an online feedback form the district is using to curate opinions.

“The school system should support its neighborhood schools and should focus on building a pipeline of high-achieving schools that keep families in Richmond,” one Munford community member wrote.

Others threatened to move out of the city or send their children to private schools. Some, though, supported the idea.