Redistricting Feedback

Consider bus routes as well. We are the closest bus to Graden now and with the new proposal we will pass Graden to go to English Landing.

Best Long-Term Solution!

This scenario has the best long-term secondary school lines for future projected student counts and is a fair solution as PHS students would switch schools also. This also has the same FR lunch % of high/middle school as B1, but also has only 3 subdivisions split. 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.

We are not in favor of either A1 or A2. These two options would unnecessarily separate middle school students from their elementary peers.

My small neighborhood (Timber Ridge) will never likely have more than 4 or 5 in middle school at one time. Virtually all of my childrens' friends from Union Chapel live in Thousand Oaks. Strongly feel 45 hwy should be the dividing line (although this would still divide us from our Countrywood friends). My soon-to-be sixth grader cries every time anyone brings up redistricting due to this possible scenario.

More Resources? How About More Time?

In the in person meeting on Nov 14, the topic of high enrollment levels and greater disparity in SES % at the elementary level was a common question/comment I heard from many parents. The common response from the school board and some committee members was that the district could address some of the challenges associated with enrollment levels and SES disparity with more resources (programs, social workers, etc.). But why? Why is the answer "more resources" when we have the opportunity to proactively mitigate these challenges through redistricting? And, the prospect of "more resources" seems more like a campaign promise than a funded commitment. We need more time to get this right to elevate the district and realize the benefit of the new schools for our kids.

Not in favor of A1 or A2

We are not in favor of either A1 or A2. These two options would unnecessarily separate middle school students from their elementary peers.

Thank you committee! A1 or A2 best for us considering balance of all criteria and weightings.

Best Balance of Criteria & Weighting as a Whole, not just focused on 1 disproportionate criteria that would have zig zagging and choppiness across the District.

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.

This Scenario does work for us.

A2 works best for the communities in Riverside. Myself and many of my neighbors are in favor of this scenario.

This scenario is best for Riverside families.

I think this scenario works best for the familes on the west side of 435 hwy

This scenario is great so my son who has been at Hawthorn since K. Would have to leave for just 5th grade in the A scenarios.

Neighborhood on Mace rd.

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 the only current option for keeping SES under 40% for ALL schools.

**IF** we must have one of these four, B1 is the only one that should be considered. It keeps all schools under 40% from the beginning and better balances enrollment numbers. I would continue to ask the committee and Board to look at outlier neighborhoods such as Sunpointe Village for whom distance to elementary school quadruples and ease of access is challenged. Tweak this one. Take time to play with the numbers and incorporate feedback from this forum. Then do a real, genuine reflection on this process, the criteria and its weighting, and examine whether you tapped the proper resources and technology available to do this right so that when we go through it again in six years the whole process is improved.

Main Street Parkville

Why would you send kids the handful of 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 B2.

All plans move Sunpointe Village to a school more than 5 miles away while 2 schools are closer. NOT RIGHT for our kids!

Don’t count on Montebella growth in next 2-3 years

I’ve heard comments that any day now Montebella will grow and help bring up the SES numbers at SE. This is simply NOT true. The remaining land is in litigation and will not likely be out for at least a year or two. Even then, there is not infrastructure to even begin another phase.

This scenario is good. My high schooler will get to stay at her current school and it provides for the new schools well.

B2 is not a good option. Too many kids changing classmates and too high SES imbalance.

A1 and B2 options are both bad because they don't do as good of a job of keeping the students going to school with their previous classmates. Plus SES imbalance on these two plans is horrible. I personally think it's more important to keep students with more kids they know (even if it means changing schools), so it's not as big of a shock to them to have to change schools if they're still seeing a lot of their same friends. I don't mind driving a little farther to a school if my son will get to keep more of his old classmates. A2 and B1 both do a much better job keeping kids with more kids that they know and not letting 2 schools SES number skyrocket.

Not the best SES option

First, thank you to the administration for seeking and listening to feedback. My family and I were happy with all of the original maps, but I really appreciate that the district listened to feedback and sought a demographer to draft additional options. The desire to listen is commendable and reinforces my family's decision to move to the area specifically for the school district. Of all of the options, this one isn't the best for socio-economic spread with 2 elementary schools over 40% FRL. From the perspective of the impact to my family, all the options work, but this does not seem to be the most ideal situation for our district as a whole.

Distance and SES

A majority of the comments seem to be in regard to distance to schools and SES balance within the district. Is it a coincidence that these had equal weight in the process, poor (or no) metrics to evaluate, and late of adequate date? Poor process equates to poor results.

Ok for Monticello family.

Monticello should stay at English Landing.

Is SES data for elementary schools updated in A4 datasheet?

In the A4 data sheet, I don't think that the "% students qualifying for free/reduced lunch" is updated for elementary schools. The percentages match the A2 scenario exactly. Can someone check this?

This scenario is not as SES balanced as B1 and redistricts way more high schoolers! Please vote for B1!

Keep the B's please!

The boundary lines in the B scenarios make much more sense than those in the A scenarios. Keep the B's please!!

Please reconsider Monticello!!!

Monticello is walking distance to English Landing; this scenario moves my kiddos farther away. Graden would be a better option for Monticello if Monticello has to change. Best option/preferred option for my family is to keep Monticello going to English Landing. Please reconsider.

B5-Keep Working

B5 clearly has a better SES balance, but the enrollment numbers don’t make sense. Each elementary school has a different capacity. Also multiple small neighborhoods are separated from their elementary to go to middle school..again.... Keep working. Still lots of room for improvement.

Sunpointe

B5 is the only scenario that addresses our communities issues AND SES %. However the borders seem rather oddly shaped for other schools. I understand that the board is trying to quickly get maps ready and approved. It seems that the other areas could be improved for the smaller communities of Monticello. It’s just too bad that A4 was not considerate of our communities issues and making improvements to the other borders. Time and time again I see my community members standing up for another community. This is what makes me proud of my community. I wish another community would step up and support my community. We are being asked to travel twice your longest distance traveling past 2 schools. There are 4 schools closer to our house than LC. The board should’ve spent the extra time taking this map and improving both A4 and B5 scenarios and borders. Please consider B5 and moving Monticello to EL. I thing the numbers do not greatly impact the EL enrollment numbers.

Created more problems for others.

You’ve fixed things for some subdivisions and created the *exact same issue* for others. Monticello backs directly to English Landing, and you’ve created a situation where the kids there can no longer safely walk to school. Moreover, I question the development of these final two scenarios... the school board appointed a committee of invested stakeholders, and now the best decision is to have a private company of people who aren’t invested personally in this process create new scenarios, after all the committee’s work? Why did the committee meet, research and work for the past few months only to have the board say “thanks but no thanks?”