Redistricting Feedback

A1 works best for our family. It keeps my kids with their friends and is closer to our house. It will minimize their time on the bus too.

A1Works best for my family.

More time needed

Let me start this with saying I'm a Prairie Point parent and I am not affected by any of these scenarios. I'm commenting because I do not think any of the current scenarios make sense and it seems like things are moving way too fast. This process for the elementary school seems way too rushed. There are 11 schools and two meetings for the committee is not enough...especially when they have to wait for the demographer to give them the data for how the schools are balanced. Please allow the committee more time to make changes because I do not like the numbers I'm seeing with F/R lunch. If one of the priorities is to balance things socioeconomically then things are not looking good with most of these scenarios. With A1 Southeast goes from 29.1% to 41.9% F/R lunch and Line Creak goes from 37.7% to 45.8%. Prairie Point also sees a jump to 37.7%. This to me doesn't make sense. Each of these schools would be better off if no changes were made. Please please please don't rush this. I know the committee is working hard and that not everyone is going to be happy but they cannot put the best plan forward without enough time.

The Countrywood Subdivision should remain at Union Chapel not move to Hawthorn

Moving the Countrywood subdivision at Hwy 45 & Nevada Avenue does not meet the criteria of Transportation Distance. I will be driving past Union Chapel to go to Hawthorn. Also does not meet the criteria for Attendance Area Changes. I have heard talk from the the board and superintendent for the past two years of trying to get Park Hill to direct feed. This change would take us out of the direct feed pattern we are already in.

Extend the timeline to vote

The Board needs to consider expanding the timeline to vote on the redistricting scenarios. I spoke with several board and committee members tonight and each said they would do what is best for Park Hill kids and reevaluating the timeline is in their best interest, imo. Extend the timeline.

If a neighborhood has multiple bus routes stopping near the same residence, I don't see why we cant choose what school our children attend.

The road is divided straight down the middle with multiple elementary(2-3) depending on map, middle (2) and high school (2) routes anyway. Meaning multiple stops. Some in those subdivisions will choose to go where the boundary is set and some will choose not on both sides. At the end of the day it would even itself out. I suggest in these situations of subdivision splits you have a floating boundary.

I strongly prefer the B scenarios but this one is slightly better than A1.

This scenario at least allows Countrywood to remain at Union Chapel, although I really do not like that (as with A1) children from smaller neighborhoods north of Brink-Meyer (like Timber Ridge and Countrywood) will be sent to a different middle school than a majority of the peers they have been with for six years.

Best Scenario for So Many Reason, including reducing young children's number of school transitions!

This scenario has the fewest number of elementary students switching schools. Reducing young children's number of school transitions should be the most important factor. https://education.seattlepi.com/negative-impact-children-changing-schools-2011.html My family specifically chose the neighborhood and elementary schools that have the higher FR lunch % to provide a more rich and diverse learning environment for our children. Please don't prioritize equalizing the SES numbers over minimizing transitions for our children. Many of us value our schools’ composition and don’t want to see that change. Lastly, this scenario has the best high school and middle school distance to school percentage. Overall, it is a better future analysis of projected growth.

Average Distance to School is too high

To repeat my sentiments as I indicated in my comment on the B1 feedback log, the average distance in this scenario would make it difficult for commute and a feel of overall community. This is not our best option.

I think A2 and B1 did a pretty good job of balancing all of the school board's criteria

I think A2 and B1 did a pretty good job of balancing all of the school board's criteria, within the logistical constraints. When you focus too much on only one criteria it negatively impacts the others. These two maps find the best balance. I prefer A2 over B1 because it doesn't take small children that live close enough to walk and put them on a bus to a different elementary. The school board equally views the importance minimizing school bus distance, socioeconomic balance, and keeping subdivisions together. I appreciate all the hard work and hours the committee of parents and educators put in to present maps with an eye towards balancing all of the criteria.

Please balance soicioeconomic factors.

My child will stay at their current school in all 4 scenarios. Free/reduced lunch percentage at the school will jump by 10% in each scenario. It will reach or near a tipping point in each scenario that has been shown to reduce educational outcomes for all students at a school. Other schools will have %'s that are 25 points less. We have a great district that performs well as a whole, and I value the socioeconomic diversity that my child is exposed to at school. Let's keep that diverse balance and potential for high performance equal across the district.

High SES, Over Enrolled

In this scenario, the two highest SES schools, SE and LC, also both are over their effective enrollment targets, SE by 35 and LC by 60. So not only do the schools have to deal with a high SES, but also they will be overcrowded from the start. This scenario also actually makes the SES spread worse than it is currently, making the district more unequal. And this is the best proposal. How is that acceptable? Does the committee really think it has done a good job here when this is the best it could do? Also, my daughter is a 4th grader at SE. She has 3 kids from her neighborhood (Montebella) in her grade. Under this scenario, she and her three friends will be the only ones from SE that go to Lakeview for middle school. Three friendly faces out of a 250 person class.

A-2 & B-1- Have us going too far for elementary

9 hwy South of Park Hill Baptist should be assigned to either one of the two closer elementary schools- Graden or English Landing

My least favorite choice, but there is a manageable, reasonable solution!

Seven Hills is an older family 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 Southeast. No other Chinn neighborhoods leave Chinn (or PHHS/Plaza boundaries) in this or any other 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 line to be districted to Park Hill HS. In this scenario, SE is projected to have 490 students while Chinn and Hopewell have only 459 and 454. They are under capacity and could add this neighborhood. B1 has one of the highest distance from elementary school percentages of all scenarios requiring long bus rides and commutes for our students. This will increase transportation costs as well as create stress within the bus systems.

B1 is best for Park Hill

All four scenarios keep my children at their current school, so my comment, granted, is less personal. I'm so grateful to the committee for all the work they have put into this process, keeping neighborhoods together when they can and considering specific criteria. I'm in favor of this map due to the best balance of F/R/L and the least number of kids changing schools.

Best B option

This is the best of the B options with lowest SES spread and low displacement of students across all levels. However, I do think the district should consider keeping Hawthorne-Picture Hills at EL as many students in the neighborhood regularly walk to school. Specifically, 67th Terr, Fisk, and Mokane are extremely close to the school and it doesn’t make any sense to bus those children when they can practically see EL out their window.

Again as the car drives..... kids unable to fly. Sunpointe cannot get to LC without passing other schools.

Please look at the streets and how this community would have to travel to get to LC.

Please delay the decision.

The board needs more time to review elementary schools since none of these scenarios work for residents of I29 and 55th street with one way in one way out of the neighborhood.

Middle School is hard enough, then we take away every school friend from the Montebella kids and drive them past Walden to Lakeview.

At least they can wave at their Southeast friends as they bus past Walden.

The best overall plan

I think this plan does the best job of moving students smoothly from elementary through high school. Students would have consistency from K-12 in their peer groups. The elementary schools that do get split between north and south are split in a logical way.

This fails on socio economic balance and minimal attendance changes

Line creek free and reduced lunch jumps to nearly 45%, SE is over 40%. 273 students are moved out of Line Creek. That is 90% more than the second most. Weighing socio economic should be a high priority not medium.

This option works well for our family.

A4 is the worst scenario

Southeast is right down the street from us! This has the Brenner Ridge subdivision going to Line Creek which is across 2 different highways from us. Absolutely ridiculous to have to drive 15-20 minutes with lights to Linecreek when SE is 3 minutes away!!

Blair Heights should be moved to Graden not PP

In every scenario we are forced out of Hawthorn (just located there in 2012) if we have to have a change, please make it direct feed pattern for our very small neighborhood. We have less than 20 kids, they keep getting moved with each change, PP means no middle school and high school with their classmates of 6 years. It makes most sense both in distance and direct feed to put this very small neighborhood at Graden.

NO

This has us going to Southeast and then jumping back over to Lakeview instead of going to Walden? Doesn't make sense.

We are still in favor or A1 or A2 scenarios. I hope these are still a consideration.

B5 makes the same mistakes as other B scenarios & splits Montebella between English Landing and Walden? Makes no sense. Middle not balanced.

This scenario has horribly balanced middle school numbers and splits Montebella in a weird reverse of other B scenarios with us going to English Landing Elementary and then Walden. It is the same issue as going to Southeast and then Lakeview. No consistency. Montebella should go to Southeast and Walden.

Sunpointe

This is a better scenario than the new A scenario for Sunpointe. This keeps Sunpointe kids from driving all the way around to get to Line Creek and allows them to go the shortest distance to Southeast, like they currently do.

B5 is the best for us (and could be tweaked to be the top choice overall. please see below)

Thank you to the committee for putting forward one option that does not move our neighborhood to the 5th closest school, 4 times the distance. So we are in favor of this option. However, obviously there is a lot of feedback now that another large neighborhood is being asked to move, albeit a shorter distance. What if this scenario was tweaked to flip Monticello back to English Landing? I think B5 would instantly become the leading candidate, so please consider that. Thanks again!

Los Ranchos Subdivision

The northeast corner of the Los Ranchos subdivision (east of Hampton and along both sides of Porter Road) is considered by its inhabitants to be part of the same neighborhood as Mesa Village. The current school boundaries of Hawthorn, Lakeview, and Park Hill South reflect this as the students from these houses all attend the same school. Scenario B5 has students from the neighborhood split into two elementary schools. So, there would be 2 elementary buses picking up students along the same stretch of Porter Road. My suggestion to avoid splitting off the small number of kids (less than 10) from the larger neighborhood area of Los Ranchos/Mesa Village and have only one elementary bus route is to have the boundary line for Hawthorn run along NW 76th Street and just south of Porter road, similar to what the current boundary line is for Hawthorn. The southern portion of the Los Ranchos subdivision would attend Union Chapel as they do now with current boundaries. The northern portion of Los Ranchos would remain in Hawthorn. The middle school and high school boundary lines would remain the same.

B1, any B's, or tweak an A Plan

B Plans work best for the west side of the district and is our preference. Could also consider small tweaks to best overall plan to improve. (By the numbers this would be B1). All A scenarios completely disrupt lives 10 kids families and have a fractional percentage effect on the big picture numbers. Please consider any B options or make minor tweaks to make more sense to A plans,for example in the Green Acres and Forest Lake subdivisions. Area just north of 76th street and just east of I-435 on the far middle, west of the district. Large land mass area, not densely populated, primarily older empty nest families. No sense to make changes where benefit doesn't outweigh cost. We would like to leave this small amount of kids in their existing schools!