This document proposes boundary changes between several elementary schools to address capacity issues. It presents a three step plan ("Plan 0") to: 1) Create attendance zones for a new elementary school to relieve overcrowding at Clayton ES, 2) Provide relief for Oak Hill ES and Mills ES by reassigning students to Southwest ES, Patton ES, and Kiker ES, and 3) Increase enrollment at under capacity schools Sunset Valley ES and Boone ES. The proposal is analyzed against criteria of capacity, family impact, feeder patterns, and stability. It aims to keep school populations within 75-115% of capacity through 2013 while minimizing student reassignments.
1. Proposed Elementary SchoolBoundary ChangesPresentation of Plan 0 Southwest Elementary SchoolFacility Use and Boundary Task Force November 3, 2009
2. Introduction Starting point for FUBTF discussion Proposal for meeting the four criteria for boundary changes Capacity Family Impact Feeder Pattern Stability Initiate discussion on key issues: Current and projected population changes Access and proximity to school Neighborhood issues and concerns Identify options for FUBTF decisions 2
4. Definitions Population: The number of students who reside in a school’s attendance zone Membership: The number of students who attend a school. Permanent Capacity: The capacity of a school base on the number of permanent classroom and the size of the core facilities: gym, library, and cafeteria. Does not include portables. Functional Capacity: The capacity of a school based on the number of permanent and portable classrooms but not including classes used for district-wide uses and Special Education classes and the size of the core facilities. 4
6. FUBTF Boundary Criteria Capacity: Achieve capacity targets that ensure efficient operation of facilities Family Impact: Affect the fewest students possible Feeder pattern: Attend to the alignment of feeder patterns, as reasonable, and balanced against other criteria Stability: Prevent multiple reassignment of students among schools by developing stable, long-term assignment plans 6
7. Process At the last FUBTF meeting, the FUBTF decided to start the process by creating the attendance zone for the new SWES The first step will focus on relieving Clayton ES The presentation of Plan 0 will be provided in three steps. Create the attendance zone for the new SWES Provide relief for over-crowded schools Increase student population at under-capacity schools 7
8. Step One Create Attendance Zone for new Southwest Elementary School 8
60. Criteria Capacity: Achieve capacity targets that ensure efficient operation of facilities Family Impact: Affect the fewest students possible Feeder pattern: Attend to the alignment of feeder patterns, as reasonable, and balanced against other criteria Stability: Prevent multiple reassignment of students among schools by developing stable, long-term assignment plans 47
64. Criteria 1: Capacity Seven of eight schools remain within 75% to 115% of permanent capacity by the 2013-14 school year The most crowded school is Mills ES is at 106% but its population begins to slowly decrease 51
65. Criteria 2: Family ImpactCriteria 4: Stability Changes between Sunset Valley ES and Boone ES 52
66. Criteria 3: Feeder Pattern Oak Hill to SWES Oak Hill to Sunset Valley ES 53
