Redistricting Feedback

Separating the Timber Ridge neighborhood from Thousand Oaks is a horrible idea. It would take them away from most of their classmates.

Both A scenarios look good to me.

Judging by the data these two look like they are more even considering all of the redistricting guidelines

The committee has made a diligent effort to offer 4 reasonable scenarios. It is best to choose one of these instead of developing more.

4 scenarios are enough

Both A scenarios work for our family. Live in Monticello.

This is the only scenario that doesn’t work for my family. Our house isnt even a mile from Chinn. This puts my kids going to Hopewell.

Please consider Blair Heights 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.

Each scenario is far better than some of the initial ones I saw earlier in the process.

I have been following redistricting very closely and I am really impressed with the work that went into this. The maps and specifications related to SES, distance to schools, children going to a new school, and feeder systems are top-notch. I think the group really thought of everything. From a personal perspective, I live at Riss Lake and I am very happy with all four scenarios. From a district perspective, I believe we should try our best to not have children learn in trailers. Do all plans resolve this issue? I also believe there should be SES balance as much as possible. Scenario A1 has one elementary school at 45.8% F/R lunch and another at 15.6%. Scenario B2 has one elementary school at 44.7% F/R lunch and another at 16%. That is quite a disparity. Scenarios A2 and B1 achieve a better balance. I also recognize the concern about how far is too far to send kids to another school to achieve a better SES balance. Nice work.

Why would you put Blair Height kids again, further away from Graden? First we get moved to Hawthorn 3 mi away and then to PP 5mi?

High School Grandfathering

Students who are currently attending either high school should have 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.

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.

This is the best scenario for SES and keeping kids with their prior classmates.

This is the best scenario. I think this B1 plan (and A2 also) do a better job of keeping more kids going to school with their previous classmates (even if it means it might be at a different school). I'm personally not as concerned about distance to school, as I am about my kid hopefully knowing some of the kids he'll be moving schools with so it's not as big of a shock to the kids. This job also has a better SES balance.

I am not in favor of this one my son has been at the same school for 3 years. His sped teachers are amazing! Moving from EL to Chinn 👎

This option is the only one that sends kids within walking distance of EL to Chinn (PH) ... then sends them back to LV and PHS.

The last redistricting initiative had school administrators and committee members walk this neighborhood. The boundary was modified at that time to support the safety and community considerations in this small subdivision while maintaining support of the redistricting objectivies. The current northern boundary of Caney Creek is a natural and geographic division separating north and south would support the middle school and high school boundaries established in B1.

Average Distance to school is too high

This scenario is tied for the longest overall average distance to the schools. As such, I believe that this should not be considered to be our best option. Further proximity makes it hard for families' commutes and creates less of a community around the school.

By the numbers I think this is the best choice

Thank you to the team working on this. By the numbers this looks like the best choice. The fewest HS kids move. I have an elementary child and we are moving no matter what. It's going to be hard to move for any kid but it's really hard in HS vs. Elementary. It's also one of the lowest for elementary and middle school kids moving. Additionally, this plan seems to be the most balanced socioeconomically in the elementary schools.

Increased avg # of students with free/reduced lunch by 8%. I thought criteria was to improve socio-economic balance.

Grandfathering

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.

B2 moves fewer students, makes straight N/S boundary, % are similar for socioeconomic on all 4 plans,& lowest avg distance for elementaries.

Please consider Blair Heights 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.

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

Please reconsider Blair Heights, can we move to Graden.. or to PH? Help us make the MS transition easier for these kids!

Both A54 and B5 would move this small neighborhood of less than 25 kids to PP. We were Graden 7 years ago, currently HW and now PP?? Where is the stability for a family who hasn't moved in 15 years? This again places us with a very very small number of kids they will know in MS and HS worsening with the closing of the 6th grade center. If you are going to move us to PP is there anyway to put us at Plaza and Park Hill;. There is literally probably 10 kids my kiddos will know when they go to MS. MS is a really rough transition to no almost no one. It's not fair to be the new kid when you've not moved. Please please give this some thought. Honestly we are talking 25 kids.. a couple per grade. We aren't talking large numbers, Is there anyway to make this better for these kids who continue to be punted from school to school??

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.

B1 or any B plan is preferred

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!

Sunpointe

A4 is yet another plan that fails our community. Our community went to the open house the board made eye contact with us shook our hands and said the poor map quality caused the board to not see the transportation issues that our community has voiced. The board said they knew the issues due to comments on Park Hill Listens. The A4 map has no consideration of this issue in fact you made the transportation issues worse by including Houston Lake. And only to slightly improve ses numbers. Looking at B5 you have improved SES and you have improved a transportation issue for our community. However it seems u threw in weird borders into the map for other communities. It makes me question as to why? Why would you knowingly make 2 more maps not taking into account the main transportation issue brought to the board open house AND on Park Hill Listens? Only one map addressed our communities issues. Again our community will be asked to drive 5 miles to LC past 2 closer schools or merge onto the highway with a bus full of elementary school aged children to drive through Riverside. FYI LC is the 5 or 6th closest school to our neighborhood.

This scenario seems best for our family, keeps us close to the school that’s two streets down from our house.

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.

This scenario is not ideal for Riverside. This divides neighborhoods in a way that doesn’t make sense.

No to B5

Moving kids at middle school level? All of the B scenarios move us away from elementary school peers! Is there data on how many it moves?

I see on the data how many kids are moved in each scenario NOW, but is there anywhere that shows how many elementary kids will be affected by being moved away from their elementary peers when they get to middle school? I understand how hard it is to create clean feeders with 11 elementary schools, but separating kids from their friends at 6th grade level is going to be very tough on them! That is a very impressionable age and a rough time to be making new friends! I very much want to stay at Hawthorn, but hate the thought of being moved to Lakeview when the majority of Hawthorn will go to Congress. I am definitely in favor of A options for us personally, but I’m wondering if this is being considered???? And I missing that data somewhere??? Thanks.

Monticello

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. That said, I think this scenario places some neighborhoods in elementary schools that don't make much sense in terms of proximity. The one that stands out to me is sending Monticello to a school other than English Landing. I do think this scenario illustrates the importance of the redistricting committee and their knowledge of neighborhoods in the area. No scenario is perfect, but this one wouldn't be my top choice. I personally think B1 is the best for the district.

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!