boundary management recommendations (1)
TRANSCRIPT
Board Meeting
March 21, 2017
Why Boundary Management?
• Avoid $20 million taxpayer expense of new elementary school when capacity already exists
Demographic Study
• 2015 McKibben demographic study– A few tough years– Shows Kindergarten numbers will
decline – and they have– Carmel enrollment expected to drop in
next 10 years
Boundary Management
• Decision/Expectations– Move a small group of students to utilize all
current space– Use available portables to help buildings
near capacity– Be good stewards of taxpayer dollars
Committee Make-Up
•Parent from each elementary and middle school
•School board representative•Director of Transportation•Transportation Router•Director of Operations•Executive Director of Business
Committee Expectations
•Open minded•Problem solver•Strong communication skills•Articulate committee decisions clearly•Collaborative approach•Available to attend all meetings
Committee Members
NEMS: Amanda HeimWMS: Megan SchlueterHD: Justin RauschHC: John RinkerNC: Stacie ZechNE: Kristen HindsPR: Jamie BoeSC: Emily WisnewskiWR: Brendan Stitcher
Transportation:
Brian Zachery
Judy Way
Educational Services Center:
Jeff Bragg Robin Phelps
Board Member:
Kevin Kalstad
Criteria for Decisions
•Efficiently utilize space available
•Relieve schools that will exceed functional capacity
•Keep neighborhoods together
•Consider proximity to the nearest school
•Maintain socio-economic balance between buildings
Committee Tasks
•Study the numbers of students in each neighborhood
•Create a balancing proposal to present to parents and school board
•Inform and seek input from all potentially impacted parents by presenting and sharing at public forums
Elementary Objectives
• Reduce over-crowding at Promise Road to gain back valuable classroom space
• Give Promise Road room to grow, if needed
• Equalize enrollment numbers at or near functional capacity
Concerns from the Public
• The committee held three (3) pubic forums• 1/24 at Promise Road Elementary• 1/26 at Stony Creek Elementary• 1/31 at North Elementary
• Common themes of concern brought forward at these forums• How neighborhoods were selected • Portables• Transfers
• The committee had a final meeting held on 2/28 to discuss concerns.
How Were Neighborhoods Selected
• Reports showing the number of students in each neighborhood or street were studied
• Neighborhoods were moved to various schools• Taken into consideration were:
• Proximity• Socio-Economic factors • Impact from previous rebalancing efforts
Portables
• Safety and Security• Placement of portable must be preapproved by
Homeland Security• Same drills occur as inside the school (fire, tornado,
etc.) • Restrooms must be no more than 200 feet from
portable
• Atmosphere• Portables have the amenities as a regular
classroom. • Heat, Air, Intercom, Fire Alarm, etc.
Transfers
• Currently 151 students are not in their assigned school• Moving students is always difficult, but equity for all
families was a priority for the committee
• Grandfathering Siblings• The committee would have liked to keep families
together, but this perpetuates the over-crowding issue
Committee Recommendations
For Elementary
•Moving from Promise Road to Stony Creek –Princeton Lake Apartments–Park Place at Sagamore–Stony Creek Estates–Stony Lane Area
•Moving from Stony Creek to North Elementary –The area of Hannibal Street to Pleasant Street between 10th Street and SR37
Committee Recommendations
For Middle School
•No changes to the current boundary lines
Committee Recommendations
• All Noblesville School students (elementary and middle) will attend the building located in their boundaries• Transfers will no longer be granted
• Previously approved transfers will no longer be permitted
• District employee exception based on space
• Some unique special education exceptions based on case conference committee
Committee Recommendations
• Current 4th grade and 7th grade students may be grandfathered to stay at their current building (if parents choose)• Transportation will not be provided for
grandfathered students
• Younger siblings of grandfathered 4th or 7th
grade students are not grandfathered
Projected Elementary Enrollment
Building 2016/17 2017/18
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Portable at Promise Road