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School Attendance Area/Usage Input and RecommendationsJanuary 28, 2020

Presented by:L. Brown, Chief Portfolio Services OfficerJ. Young, Director, and J. Beck, Demographer Statistician, Demographics & Enrollment Planning DepartmentDebbie Eisinger, Cooper City Zone School Boundary Committee Member RepresentativeAudrey Dallaire, Attucks Middle School Boundary Committee Stakeholder Representative

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and Career

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A foundation for Success in School

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Support for the Whole

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Support for the Whole

Child

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School boundary committee recommendations and community input on proposals

Update on 2020-21 Cambridge Programs

Update on replication of 2020-21 Army Military Leadership North

Today’s Agenda

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School Boundary Committee RecommendationsOverall Community Input on Proposals

Community Input

School Concept: Adjacent elementary and middle schools sharing under-utilized exiting resources giving students and families

enhanced educational opportunities

• Concern over lack of collaboration in the process

• Concern over program funding and SMART bond alignment

• Concern with mixed student maturity levels and safety


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School Boundary Committee Recommendations

Committee Against

District ProposalsSchool Boundary Committee

Recommendations Community Input

Bethune/Attucks PreK8 (S-1 District proposal)

• Committee 18:1 Against• Great idea but lacks community buy in at this

time• May prevent students matriculating in theme

to Parkway Middle for the Arts • Community not in favor of moving forward

• Attucks Middle increasing enrollment• Distance between schools• Repair the buildings within the two schools then

change gradually• A lack of community collaboration

Broward Estates/Parkway K8 (S-3 District proposal)

• Committee 16:3 Against• More time needed for community

involvement/discussion• Move forward with continued discussions• Extending the Gifted down to the elementary

would improve the school

• N/A


Committee In Favor

Driftwoods PreK8 (S-2 District proposal)

• Committee 11:8 In Favor • Middle school teachers can get to know

students better• Concern parents may remove elementary

students• No strong community support for this

proposal

• Traffic concerns by going from 2 drop off times to 1 will have many parents arriving at one time in a small residential area

• Desire for supervised bus transportation, common area, and before and after care cost

• Elementary concerned their school grade will suffer

• Elementary parents and staff feel they are taking all the risk

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Committee In Favor

Community ProposalSchool Boundary

CommitteeRecommendations

Community Input

Hollywood Central PreK8 (C-1 Community proposal)

• Committee 16:3 in favor • Concerned existing

teachers will not have jobs

• Olsen Middle School staff believe another choice opportunity in the area will further decrease their enrollment impacting the magnet program

• Parents want the choice to either attend Hollywood Central Elementary or Olsen Middle

• Some Hollywood Central Elementary staff may apply to teach at other schools

• Many parents from the impacted area feel a public K8 school is an opportunity for this area

C-1 Community Proposal: Hollywood Central PreK8


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Follow up onNew 2020-2021 Cambridge Programs

High Schools:Coral Springs HighHallandale HighJP Taravella High Nova HighPlantation HighStranahan High

Combination School:Lauderhill 6-12

Middle Schools:• Apollo Middle (Program currently at

feeder McArthur High)• Lyons Creek Middle (Program

currently at feeder Monarch High)• Westpine Middle (Program currently

at feeder Piper High)• Coral Springs Middle

JanuaryHigh schools provide financial support to

middle school benefitting from “group of schools” waiver giving a 50% reduction in the $2,853.02 new

application fee*Annual fee of $9,305 for middle and

high schools will be waived pursuant to meeting the spending threshold.

August 2020

Cambridge Programs

As per School Board

Direction 8/19

Middle

High

Middle

Cambridge Programs

begin

October 2019Deadline to submit

application to Cambridge International

Organization, Follow Board Direction

Teacher training cost for Cambridge course is approximately $510.

Zone sign-off, collaboration and support with high school implementation


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Entrepreneur Leadership Military Academy Selection Rubric

CRITERIA (Ranked)SCHOOL (Ranked)

Boyd Anderson Blanche Ely Plantation

Coconut Creek Piper

South Plantation

Pompano Beach

Permanent Capacity Usage - 1,099 (61%) -717 (74%) -626 (76%) -384 (82%) -313 (88%) -37 (98%) 71 (106%)Transportation Zone N of Griffin N of Sunrise Countywide N of Sunrise None Countywide N of SunriseFeeder Pattern 4* 2 3 3 5 4 0Current Cadet Enrollment 383 287 227 148 201 177 135Instructors on site 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

CRITERIATransportation Zone Must support north county area; Confirmed.

Cadet enrollment/ InstructorsNumber of cadets in JROTC allows for the hiring of additional instructors with full cost share. Requires Cadet Command approval.

Cadet Command access/support

Administrative, operational and logistics support access. Additional storage space available.

To This We Will Defend


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Next Steps

• Today School Board direction sought

• Superintendent’s school boundary attendance areas and school usage recommendations memorandum to follow

• School Board votes to approve then adopt school attendance recommendations for 2020-21

• Future discussions on enrollment optimizations to continue in alignment with the District Strategic Plan


THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

Donna P. Korn, ChairDr. Rosalind Osgood, Vice Chair

Lori AlhadeffRobin Bartleman

Patricia GoodHeather P. BrinkworthLaurie Rich Levinson

Ann MurrayNora Rupert

Robert W. Runcie, Superintendent of Schools

The School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedure which results in discrimination on the basisof age, color, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race,religion, sex or sexual orientation. The School Board also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designatedyouth groups. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination and/or harassment complaint may call the Director, EqualEducational Opportunities/ADA Compliance Department & District’s Equity Coordinator/Title IX at 754-321-2150 or TeletypeMachine (TTY) 754-321-2158.

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