KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- "There's a lot of growth on the west side. It's kind of like they shut the east side out a whole lot."

Brittany George will be putting her five year old son Kiias into elementary school this fall. She's opting for a magnet school. Not happy with the options she has.

"The buses won't come to the East Side to take you all the way out west, so there's a lot of overcrowded schools, elementary schools and middle schools over here on the east side," George told WVLT.

Last night, the School Board voted to build a brand new 25-million dollar elementary school in Southwest Knox County, leaving one parent wishing for the same in her community.

"I don't remember ever actually if they have built a new school or how long ago it's been and ai don't remember any new schools over here or any new things over on the east side," said George.

"We look at where the need is. We look at what the resources are and where the need is and we try and do that objectively."

School Superintendent Jim McIntyre, who recommended the new school, says the location was not to slight East Side residents.

"Sometimes that's in the West. Sometimes that's in the East. Sometimes that's in the North or Central part of the County. It depends on what data and analysts show us."

Small consolation for some East Side taxpayers.

"The population is greater of course in the West, but still that's not any reason to leave the East out," Pat Hayes, said.

Sam Hayes said "It does seem like the East does get left out. More population in the West, but we feel like the East should be represented too.

"I'd be excited. I want to see a new school over here because I don't think they have built a new school over here for a while," George said.