Redistricting Feedback

Not meeting board criteria

There are too many students changing just for the sake of meeting numbers at the schools. The SES % are too high! The committe needs more time to work on the elementary part of this scenario and the other scenarios. None of the 4 scenarios meet the board criteria. A larger group discussion needs to be done by the committe to fix these maps. I think the committe has done as good as they can do upto this point with only 2 sessions to work on the elementary boundaries. These need to be fixed to meet the school board criteria including focus on the number of students impacted by the move and the SES%.

Main Street Parkville

Why would you send kids that live on main street, less than a mile from Graden Elementary to another school? Doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to us - we oppose Redistricting Scenario A1.

We live in downtown Parkville. This scenario moves us from Graden to EL. Why are we looking to take kids out of the school closest to them?

A1 works the best for all three of my children.

A1 and B2 work best for my neighborhood kids

I'm dismayed to see all four of these scenarios cut Shelly Estates from Union Chapel's boundaries.

My home is the only one in the whole subdivision with a child under the age of 13; what good does it do to cut this tiny subdivision of 12 houses out of UC's boundaries? My son loves Union Chapel, and he'd be heartbroken to leave.

One of the least distasteful of the ideas. The children of Countrywood should continue to go to Union Chapel.

Tolerable but Southeast a little too high on the S/E.

Southeast a little too high on the S/E.

SE is still at 40% FRL, but at least this scenario isn't as bad as A1. Plus, Montebella middle schoolers aren't separated from SE friends.

Please put Blair Heights at Graden

The Blair Heights neighborhood kids in this scenario would be moved away from their peers Hawthorn to Prairie Point and then would go to Lakeview with very few of their Prairie Point peers. Putting our small group of kids (about 20) at Graden would make for a much more consistent experience for them.

Why are the Hampton Woods kids going to PP? Already go to Graden, our house is at least a half mile closer, bus times are longer; senseless

Distance doesn't make sense

Using the highway to get to school or driving past Hopewell to get to Line Creek creates increased traffic, longer time on the bus and move students needlessly. Please reconsider using I-29 as a solution that only works on paper and not in practice.

56th St and I-29 (all scenarios)

I would like to ask for reconsideration regarding the neighborhood at I29 & 56th Street. This Neighborhood only has one way out, there is no back way to access Line Creek Elementary. The buses would have to travel approx 5-6 miles either route they take to school. The kids could be on the bus for 40-45 min from first pickup to drop of at school. The current school Southeast Elementary is probably the most cost effective choice for the school district. I also noticed in the scenarios that there didn’t seem to be an effective balance on the percentage of free/reduced lunches amongst all the Elementary schools. If the district puts a high percentage of reduced lunches in one school what will it do the education level in that particular school? We must try to distribute the demographics more evenly amongst all the Elementary schools. Thank you for your consideration.

Avoid Creating Schools with F/R Population Higher than 40%

Full disclosure: I am very relieved that my neighborhood gets to stay at our current elementary school and middle school under all four scenarios. It is very important to me to, as much as possible, avoid splitting neighborhoods or making families drive by the closest school to attend one farther away. Avoiding these helps preserve a sense of community and accommodates walkers and bike riders. And if it were my neighborhood being split or having to drive to a school 20 minutes away instead of five minutes away, my comment would have a different focus. Looking at the socio-economic balance, though, I think B1 is the best of the four scenarios for the district as a whole because it has the best numbers for the socio-economic balance. Any scenario that results in a school with a F/R student population of 40% or higher should not be considered. Under our current elementary boundaries, there is no school with greater than 40% F/R student population. Chinn and Line Creek have the highest F/R numbers at 37.8 % and 37.7%, respectively. It is hard to understand why the district would choose any scenario with F/R numbers that are HIGHER than the current highest number. Scenarios A1 and B2 each have two schools with greater than 40% F/R student population. The current F/R population numbers by elementary school (based on the most recent demographic report posted on district’s website) are (1) Union Chapel 17.6%, (2) Hawthorn 21.4%, (3) Graden 24.1%, (4) Southeast 29.1%, (5) English Landing 30.3%, (6)Tiffany Ridge 30.7%, (7) Renner 32.7%, (8) Prairie Point 33.8%, (9) Line Creek 37.7% and (10) Chinn 37.8% Under our current boundaries, the spread between the highest and lowest F/R population is 20.2. Scenario B1 is closest to this number. A1 has a spread of 30.2, A2 has a spread of 25.1, and B2 has a spread of 28.7.

This one is perfect.

Nailed it here. Go with this one.

Too large of a socioeconomic gap in this scenario.

I'm concerned that this and A1 create too large of a socioeconomic issue for two elementary schools. I know that there are a lot of things to consider but I hope people will review the data not just the map. And think about what is best for the district as whole. My child wouldn't be in either of those schools but I think that we should really consider what happens when two of our schools are at over 40% free and reduced lunch and others are at 16%.

PLEASE allow more time and come up with some better options.

What do you all think is going to happen to Line Creek and Southeast. Don't you want the same opportunities and learning experience for ALL kids in Park Hill?? Let's also think about the teachers at these schools if this scenario happens. There has to be a better option.

I am opposed to this scenario

Again, this scenario would take our kids out of their neighborhood school. It doesn't make sense to move the kids who live in downtown Parkville (one mile from Graden) all the way to English Landing.

Drive by Hopewell to get to Line Creek

This makes no sense for Strathbury Woods and Coventry neighborhoods. We would drive right by Hopewell to get to Line Creek Elementary. What in the world?

Poor choice for elementary kids. FRL are bad options here. High School is good.

We need high school solutions that reduce pressure on the PHHS as it still has the most growth areas in the boundaries. At least this equalizes the two.

A1 works better for our family. Our children are in Lakeview and would prefer to stay there.

Can we have different scenarios for elem vs. MS?

Works best for us, we will be at to Plaza Middle School which is closest to us.

Grandfathering High School

I would like to encourage grandfathering of students who are currently attending either high school giving them the option to continue at their current school. Understanding that transportation would be on the student/parents. While this could temporarily increase the anticipated enrollment of either high school under the plan, other opportunities would help ease the pressure including Leads and CAPS. Then within three years, these students are out of the system putting the schools fully into the scenario.

The A scenarios are better for High Schools - Middle Schools currently split kids up.

It makes no sense for kids North of 152 to end up going to PHS. In this regard, the A scenarios make the most sense. I am also seeing many people worried about their kids going to different middle schools than other kids in their elementary school. This really shouldn't be a concern. The perfect example is what happens now when kids attend Plaza Middle School (6th Grade Center). The staff takes all the kids from one school and splits them up evenly among the teams. Both of my daughters were separated from their "friends" from elementary and did fine. In fact, more of the friends they made in middle school are still their friends vs those from elementary. This just isn't as big of a deal in the long run as people think.

Just another neighborhood perspective...

I fully respect and appreciate the complexity of a project like this where there is little black and white... and a plethora of variables to tend to. This additional plan would send our children to a different MS than all of the previous plans. However, we are absolutely fine with whatever decision is ultimately made. One thing that gives us comfort is that care has been taken to ensure the equity and consistency of the PHSD brand and experience across the entire organization. This is a wise move because it keeps parents like us satisfied regardless of the school our kids ultimately attend. The only thing I would add off note from a neighborhood perspective, is the fact that this particular scenario features a split down the rather artificial Thousand Oaks/Hidden Valley line between two adjoining densely-populated neighborhoods. TO/HV are in many ways one densely-populated "island" neighborhood surrounded by a relative sea of lightly populated Platte County. We have zero preference for a particular MS. I only wonder whether the advantages gained in that split outweigh the disadvantages. Just an additional qualitative data point to consider.......

Not in favor of this scenario

This plan moves families that are walking distance from English Landing elementary to other schools miles away. It does not seem practical for many neighborhoods in that area.

Not a good option for the Seven Hills neighborhood

Seven Hills is an older neighborhood with few kids in elementary school and few kids under the age of 5 according to your maps. Please reconsider moving specific eastern secondary school lines for our neighborhood. This scenario moves our kids from Chinn to Line Creek. No other Chinn neighborhoods leave Chinn (or PHHS/Plaza boundaries) in this scenario, meaning our kids will not know anyone after this transition. For the sake of our kids experiencing the least amount of stress from change, at least have them stay with familiar faces by placing them at Chinn or Hopewell and slightly adjusting the liens to be districted to Park Hill HS.

B5, like B1, keeps all schools below 40%SES, and displaces a lower number of students than the A-plans. B5 is a reasonable alternative to B1

B5 has all SES numbers below 40%, and displaces less students than the A scenarios. I think B1 or B5 are the best solutions.

Los Ranchos on the East side of Hampton makes sense through all level of schools

I'm not sure why the west side of Los Ranchos wasn't changed but the east portion of Los Ranchos that meets up with the other neighborhood better matches the function of the neighborhood.

A horrible division just makes no practical sense. Has kids N of 152 at PHS for high school. Only some type of N/S split makes sense.