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Middle School Attendance

Zoning Report

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April 18, 2019

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PRESENTED BY:

Corey Ryan, Chief Communications Officer

Jimmy Disler, Chief of Facilities and Operations

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• Present community feedback from the two community meetings and Let’s Talk for Scenario D.

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• Collect input from Board of Trustees for the presentation of attendance zone scenarios for May 02, 2019.

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Purpose

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“Upon recommendation from the Superintendent, the Board shall adopt changes in the attendance zones when such changes are necessary. Every attempt shall be made to authorize and publicize such changes so that parents and students have time to prepare.”

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Policy: FC (Local)

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Middle School Utilization Forecast

SOURCE: 2018 Demographic Update from PASA, does not include transfers

Indicates school at 120% utilization or higher (enrollment/capacity).

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Present Discussion Item

Attendance Zoning Board Review Process

Approve 1 Scenario for Public Review?

Present to Board

Approval to Proceed?

Build Proposals

Update Proposals

Present Discussion Item

Present at 2 Community Forums

Present

Feedback

Collect Feedback

Design Final Scenario

Present Final Action Item

Final Approval of Boundary Plan?

Implement in 2020

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Proposed Timeline

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Overview

Community Meeting #2

Henry Middle School

April 10, 2019

Community Meeting #1

Running Brushy Middle School

April 8, 2019

Let’s Talk

April 5 - April 17, 2019

*We provided all feedback to the Board and posted it online online www.leanderisd.org/msaz.

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Summary

Positive Comments

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• Keeps Avery Ranch/Rutledge Elementary together.

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• Relieves Stiles Middle School and keeps neighborhoods east of Reagan Blvd. together.

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• Focuses on middle-to-high school alignment.

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• Zones most neighborhoods closer in proximity to their school.

Other Considerations

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• Adjust grandfathering and transfer policy to keep students in schools where they start (ex. allow current sixth and fifth grade students to stay in their assigned middle school through eighth grade).

Negative Comments

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• Enrolls Henry and Running Brushy middle schools above functional capacity.

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• Creates unbalanced enrollments, leading to budgeting and efficiency concerns.

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• Rezones Cold Springs/Hazelwood neighborhoods from Stiles to Wiley.

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• Rezones 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, and 9955 back to LHS (last changed in 2016).

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Community Meeting #1

42 Attendees l 60 Participants*

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*While 42 people participated in the ThoughtExchange when the meeting ended, additional participants occurred from the community because attendees shared the link on social media and the TE closed after the meeting ended.

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Scenario D Positive

1. Keeping kids into the same MS/HS feeder pattern is important to our kids long-term development. It provides continuity for our students particularly as it relates to those kids who are engaged in academic and/or intramural athletic programs. 4.4

Community Meeting #1

• Safety is a crucial thing for kids in schools and during the transportation. I support Scenario D considering the amount of travel required for kids. 4.1

• The scenario D is the efficient way of organizing kids with least time on the roads and producing savings for the ISD. 4.1

• Scenario D lowers transportation costs for the district by zoning Avery ranch to a school closer to them and reduces the time those kids spend on Saves money & time 4.1

• In favor of Scenario D. It keeps Avery Ranch together. Our kids will go to middle school with 100% going into high school together. 4.1

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Scenario D Negative

• There needs to be balance between feeder patterns and capacity. Some schools are overutilized while others are underutilized. 4.2

Community Meeting #1

• We want continuity for our kids. Leander will be over capacity and growing and Cedar Park will be over and falling. The likelihood of us being rezoned again in a few years is high. 4.2

• We want our schools to not be overcrowded. 4.1

• Keeping kids into the same MS/HS feeder pattern is important to our kids long-term development. It provides continuity for our students particularly as it relates to those kids who are engaged in academic and/or intramural athletic programs. 4.0

• We have one of the highest debt per student rations in the state. Having some schools overcrowded and building portables while having other schools with empty classrooms is poor use of district funds and resources. 4.0

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Community Meeting #2

74 Attendees l 131 Participants*

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*While 74 people participated in the ThoughtExchange when the meeting ended, additional participants occurred from the community because attendees shared the link on social media and the TE closed after the meeting ended.

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Scenario D Positive

• Distance to schools Scenario D seems to keep neighborhoods closer to their school. 4.6

Community Meeting #2

• Scenario D does a good job of keeping communities together. 4.6

• Scenario D gives the most consistent feeder patterns. Consistency throughout school transitions is important for kids. 4.6

• Scenario D is a good solution. It decreases the distance from most neighborhoods to their schools along with decreasing commute times. 4.6

• Scenario D will not make everyone happy but it will make more than the majority happy and makes sense. It keeps Avery Ranch together. 4.6

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Scenario D Negative

• It’s important to keep elementary kids together. During this trying growth period keeping community together is crucial. 4.4

Community Meeting #2

• 1675 needs to remain at Akin, Stiles and Rouse. Please stop changing them!! 4.3

• Leave kids alone if they’re already enrolled in middle school! Do not move kids in middle of attendance at a particular middle school. Let them finish at that school!!! 4.2

• 1675 going to Akin then Wiley and Rouse makes zero sense. They get to Wiley and don’t know anyone! Middle school is hard enough. And having moved these kids several times before, you are asking too much to rezone them again. 4.2

• Wherever a student starts, they should finish. 4.2

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Let’s Talk Submissions

236 Dialogues l 215 Customers

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Middle School Attendance Zoning: Enrollment Considerations

*Details posted at www.leanderisd.org/msaz.

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Scenario D Review

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• Provides relief for Leander and Stiles middle schools.
• Moves Wiley MS students zoned for Glenn High School to Danielson MS
• Stiles MS considerations:
• Uses Ronald Reagan Boulevard (north of RR 1431) as a natural barrier – NBCDs east of this barrier would remain at Stiles MS and those west would be rezoned to Wiley MS.
• Wiley MS considerations:
• NBCD 1625 rezoned to Wiley MS and Rouse HS to align middle school to high school feeder pattern.
• Henry MS considerations:
• The Rutledge Elementary zone (NBCDs 1710, 1825, 1830, 1845, 1860) rezoned to Henry MS to maintain elementary to middle school feeder pattern.
• Cedar Park MS considerations:
• NBCDs 2075, 2200 and 2225 rezoned to Cedar Park MS to align middle school to high school feeder pattern.
• NBCDs 2000 and 2010 rezoned to Cedar Park MS and Cedar Park HS for Henry MS relief and to continue an aligned middle school to high school feeder pattern.
• Running Brushy MS considerations:
• NBCD 4770 rezoned to Leander MS for Running Brushy MS relief.
• NBCDs 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, 9955 remain at Running Brushy MS and are rezoned to Leander HS to align middle school to high school feeder pattern without overcrowding Cedar Park MS.
• Cedar Park HS projected enrollment decreases while Leander HS projected enrollment increases.

Scenario D Overview

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Indicates functional capacity exceeds 120%.

*2000/2010 rezoned VRHS to CPHS.

**3100/3200/3300/3400/9955 rezoned from CPHS to LHS.

***1625 rezoned VRHS to RHS.

Scenario D Overview

MS 10 in 2024-25

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Scenario D

*Data does not include transfers.

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Elementary to Middle School Feeder Patterns*

*Data is based on PASA Demographic Report and does not include transfer students.

Note: The remaining elementary schools feed 100% to a middle school.

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DISCUSSION

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Details at: www.leanderisd.org/msaz

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