Boundary Alignment Process

Recommendations

10/16/2023

Timeline

Community Feedback

When conducting boundary processes, stakeholders will typically engage to see if they are impacted. If they are not, they disengage resulting in a relatively low turn-out and mostly negative responses.

• Total Survey Received: 378
• Total Page Loads on Online Locator: 5,405

Community Feedback

Feedback Summary

• Most feedback collected was related to the closing of Clay HS and concerns around resulting declines in overall enrollment.
• The next topic of concern was transportation for existing districtwide magnet schools / program.
• Many of the participants understood the need to reduce transportation costs but did not like limiting schools or programs that currently have districtwide transportation.

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Community Feedback

Prevalent Comments:

• Existing Clay HS students should receive transportation to the SBCSC high school of their choice until they graduate.
• Students that are currently attending McKinley or Edison DLI programs should continue to have transportation if they are in grades where DLI is not currently offered at Harrison / Navarre.
• Students should be provided transportation to any school in the corporation if they are in a magnet program, if they are not in the magnet program, they should go back to their neighborhood school.
• I am happy with the proposed changes.

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Feeder Recommendations from Master Plan (No changes to feeders)

Proposed Boundaries (No changes to the map)

• Elementary boundaries in background shades of color
• Middle School boundaries in Orange
• High School boundaries in Purple
• Greene Township has been removed from the Map

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Updates / Clarification to the Recommendations Based on Feedback

• The new PK-8 program at Dickinson will be a Traditional program similar to Swanson and Marshall. This gives all students in SBCSC access to a traditional program with transportation.
• All existing Clay HS students will be eligible for provided to the SBCSC high school of their choice until they finish. Clay students will be given priority for enrollment in all high schools before December 15, 2023.
• Students currently attending McKinley DLI in 5^th grade or Edison DLI in 6^th grade from outside of its transportation eligibility area, will continue to receive transportation until they finish because the DLI program at Harrison / Navarre has not reached those grades.
• Existing high school students are permitted to finish at their current school of assignment until they graduate with transportation. Out of boundary transportation will be phasing out each year over the next 3 years (completely when current 9^th graders graduate in 2026-27). Transportation for siblings during this window will be considered.

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Updates / Clarification to the Recommendations Based on Feedback

• Students that are currently attending McKinley and are not in the DLI program will be reassigned to their new attendance boundary (either Darden or Nuner) and can apply to continue with the McKinley program as it moves to Edison.
• Current 6^th and 7^th graders attending Edison and Dickinson will finish out at those schools as those PK-8 programs begin starting in 2024-25. Efforts will be made to keep those populations separate within the buildings.
• There are no planned changes to SBCSC transportation routes to before and after school care locations.
• Start times for programs that are changing grade spans are under review.

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Timeline Moving Forward

Confirmation of assignment will be provided on a rolling basis, magnet assignment will continue after the priority assignment deadline if.

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Refresher – From SBCSC – LRFMP Recommendations (EXHIBIT A)

Clay High School

• For the 2023-24 school year – Clay High School will continue to operate as usual in grades 9 -12 in its current location. Rising grade 9 students (2022-23 grade 8 students) residing in the Clay High School attendance area may choose to enroll in other high schools via the choice process if they do not wish to begin at Clay High School. These students will be given priority in the choice process.
• Dedicated Boundary Process – A boundary change process will occur in the summer/fall of 2023 to determine high school attendance boundaries without Clay High School.
• For the 2024-25 school year – The entire Clay program will move to Riley High School.
• Rising grade 9 students (2022-23 grade 7 students) will be assigned to schools based on the newly-established attendance boundaries or may choose another school via the choice process.
• Clay High School students in grades 10-12 residing within the former Clay High School, regardless of attendance boundary, will have a guaranteed seat in the Clay program at Riley High School, should they choose.
• Clay High School students in grades 10-12 residing outside of the former Clay High School attendance boundary will have a guaranteed seat at their zoned high school (Adams, Riley, or Washington) or with the Clay High School program at Riley High School.
• Any Clay High School students in grades 10-12 may select another school via the choice process and will be given priority.
• For the 2025-26 school year and beyond – Students will be subject to the newly established attendance boundaries, and the former Clay High School students will phase out of Riley High School with the Fine Arts Program remaining.

Process Overview

Why are we doing this?

• The Facilities Master Plan approved by the Board in the Spring of 2023 included conceptual changes and proofs-of-concept to better align the feeder patterns in the district.
• Alignment of the feeder patterns allows for more consistent cohorts of students moving from school to school which increases stability.

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Previous Feeder Patterns

Feeder Recommendations from Master Plan

Proposed Transportation Eligibility

• The intent of changing transportation eligibility is to reduce the number of districtwide routes to gain efficiency and decrease overall travel times.
• Districtwide magnet transportation eligibility IS NOT proposed to change.
• This chart outlines proposed transportation levels by school.

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Eligibility Chart

Proposed Transportation Eligibility - Timing

Proposed Timing – Discussion Item in Online Survey

Unless Specified on the Eligibility Chart, the following recommendations apply:

• For Elementary Schools, students currently attending schools that reside outside of the proposed attendance area would not receive transportation starting in 2024-25.
• For Middle Schools, students currently attending schools that reside outside of the proposed attendance area would not receive transportation starting in 2024-25.
• For High Schools*, students attending schools that reside outside of the proposed attendance area, transportation would end discontinue starting in 9^th grade next year and then gradually phase out one year at a time.

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Gradual Phase Out

Cost Savings

Shorter Ride-Times

Gradual Grade by Grade Phase-Out for Out of Zone Transportation

* Current Clay HS students impacted by the closure of Clay HS would have transportation to Riley or their proposed attendance area high school until they graduate

Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions

Is school choice going away?

• No. School choice will continue to operate with limits on transportation eligibility.

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When will these changes go into effect?

• The beginning of the 2024-25 school year, pending approval of the new boundaries by the Board and the Department of Justice. New boundaries will be used for applications for the 2024-25 school year beginning in November of 2023.

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Can I finish at my current school?

• Yes, all students can finish at their current school of attendance if there is capacity. If students are not eligible for transportation under the new parameters, they must provide their own transportation.

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Can my younger sibling finish at the same school the older sibling is currently attending?

• Younger siblings will be permitted to stay at their current school as long as there is capacity. If students are not eligible for transportation under the new parameters, they must provide their own transportation.

Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions

If I have a special education student or my student is on a 504, can they stay at their current school?

• Students that are enrolled in a special education program or have a 504 will be notified directly to determine school assignment. Under no circumstance will special needs students be assigned to a school that does not provide their needed services.

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If I live in the proposed Riley feeder pattern and I want to attend a Dual Language Immersion (DLI) school, what are my options?

• Students residing in the Madison attendance boundary will have transportation to Harrison and Navarre for DLI. Students residing in Lincoln and Monroe attendance boundaries will have transportation to Edison Pre-K-8.

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What is the District doing to ensure a smooth transition?

• Principals are engaged in this process and will be given support to host outreach efforts to students moving into their schools.

Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions

What impact does this have on staffing and when will this be addressed?

• Staffing changes will likely occur due to changes in enrollment from the proposed changes. Staffing levels will be determined during the normal staffing process in January of 2024.

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When will McKinley open as a Pre-K center? Will the elementary schools that currently have Pre-K programs keep them?

• Based on the tentative timeline from the Long Range Facilities Master Plan, Fall of 2024. This will not impact schools that currently have Pre-K programs.

Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Adams still over-utilized after the changes?

• The enrollment figures shown reflect moving only students that are directly impacted and do not reflect moving existing students back to their newly assigned schools. So, if a student is currently attending Adams from outside the attendance area, they are included in the Adams anticipated enrollment number.
• The number of SBCSC students residing in each of the proposed boundaries is:
• Adams: 1,556
• Riley: 1,475
• Washington: 1,501
• The new boundary will be in effect and the transportation policies phased in. Then, as current Adams students graduate, enrollment among the three high schools is anticipated to stabilize and balance.

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Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Adams still over-utilized after the changes?

• Current Live-Attend Table

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• Proposed Live-Attend Table

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Current Boundaries

• Elementary boundaries in background shades of color
• Middle School boundaries in Orange
• High School boundaries in Purple

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Proposed Boundaries

• Elementary boundaries in background shades of color
• Middle School boundaries in Orange
• High School boundaries in Purple
• Greene Township has been removed from the Map

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Elementary Changes

Current

Elementary Changes

Changes

Elementary Changes

Proposed

Middle School Changes

Current

Middle School Changes

Changes

Middle School Changes

Proposed

High School Changes

Current

High School Changes

Changes

High School Changes

Proposed

Metrics: Proposed Composition

Metrics are modeled to show the most impactful implementation, meaning that no students elect to stay at their current schools or move with their program (i.e. Clay fine arts moving to Riley HS)

Metrics: Capacity and Utilization

Assumptions:

• Data pulled on 8/24.
• Enrollment and Utilization numbers reflect attending enrollment unless noted below.
• To get a better handle on anticipated enrollment with new programs beginning, small percentages of enrollment from select attendance areas were assigned to model a more realistic enrollment.

Anticipated Magnet Transfers

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Proposed Boundaries with Anticipated Magnet Transfers: Capacity and Utilization

*A capacity analysis is currently ongoing at Darden. This will likely impact modeled utilization.

Proposed Boundaries with Anticipated Magnet Transfers: Capacity and Utilization

Next Steps

• Online Address Locator
• Enter your address, and the site will identify your proposed boundaries along with your transportation eligible choices
• Online Survey
• Click on a map or enter your street or address
• Open ended-questions
• Questions specific to transportation eligibility
• Community Meetings 9/19-20
• Online Focus Groups: Week of 9/25
• Final Recommendations to the Board: October 16th

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Timeline

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