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MSDWT Enrollment Rebalancing
Community Presentation
MSDWT Enrollment Re-Balancing Effective: 2019-2020 ¨ Why Enrollment Rebalancing is Needed ¨ Considerations When Developing New Boundaries ¨ Challenges When Developing New Boundaries ¨ Current School Attendance Boundaries (16-17 Data) ¨ Middle Schools – Potential New Boundaries ¨ Elementary Schools – Potential New Boundaries ¨ COMPASS (High Ability) Locations ¨ Parent, Student, and Community Input Opportunities
Why Enrollment Rebalancing is Needed ¤ Through a community-based Masters Facility Committee and years of facility study, construction and renovation recommendations were developed – These recommendations will impact all District buildings; ¤ Through the November, 2016 referenda process, registered voters in our community overwhelmingly supported the construction of two new elementary schools; ¤ The construction of these schools will add the needed student capacity;
Why Enrollment Rebalancing is Needed ¤ Opening an eighth elementary school (Willow Lake Elementary) in 2019-2020; ¤ Additional elementary school capacity with construction of Clearwater Elementary School; ¤ MSDWT will continue to provide the educational programming that attracts families, continuing the need to provide adequate capacity in our facilities; ¤ Need to better balance middle school student enrollment among our three middle schools.
Considerations We have been consistent with our transparent process by sharing information and gathering input from stakeholders. ¤ Determined by Community Survey (Spring/Summer of 2017); ¤ Over 1000 Survey Respondents; ¤ Input from Principals, District Administration, Parents, School Board Members and Teacher Representatives; ¤ The School Board has been very involved with this process for the past 9 months; ¤ Data and Professional Demographic Forecasting.
Considerations ¤ Need to Improve Transportation Efficiencies ¤ Minimize the Number of Families Impacted ¤ Maximize the Utilization of Facilities ¤ Be Mindful of the Socioeconomic Make-up of Schools ¤ Improve the Balance of Student Enrollment (Middle School) ¤ Maintain Middle School “Feeder” Elementary Schools to the Degree Possible
Challenges ¤ Difficult to apply equal weight to each consideration when creating attendance boundaries ¤ Communicating a Complex Process with a Large Stakeholder Group ¤ Family History, Loyalty, and Familiarity with a Particular School ¤ Change is Difficult ¤ Logistics Involved with a Major Change
Current Attendance Boundaries – Elementary
Elementary Utilization - Current Elementary School Allisonville Elementary Crooked Creek Elementary Fox Hill Elementary Greenbriar Elementary Willow Lake Elementary John Strange (Closed) / Clearwater (New) Nora Elementary Spring Mill Elementary Total
2016-17 Options Capacity Capacity
2016-17 Grade Config
Option Enrolled Grade Utilization Config
725
725
1-5th
K-5th
101%
550 750 625
550 750 625
K-5th K-5th K-5th
K-5th K-5th K-5th
133% 108% 131%
NA
750
NA
K-5th
NA
500 675 650 4475
750 675 650 5475
K-5th K-5th K-5th K-5th
K-5th K-5th K-5th K-5th
123% 104% 106% 114%
Clearwater and Willow Lake Opening 2019-2020
Current Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages 2016-17 ES Boundary 2016-17 MS Boundary
Total K-5
Percentage
Allisonville
Eastwood MS
776
100%
Crooked Creek
Northview MS
50
9%
Crooked Creek
Westlane MS
499
91%
Fox Hill
Northview MS
407
54%
Fox Hill
Westlane MS
353
46%
Greenbriar
Northview MS
274
30%
Greenbriar
Westlane MS
632
70%
John Strange
Eastwood MS
460
100%
Nora
Eastwood MS
128
19%
Nora
Northview MS
557
81%
Spring Mill
Eastwood MS
53
8%
Spring Mill
Northview MS
336
53%
Spring Mill
Westlane MS
246
39%
Elementary Option A Elementary Option A
Elementary Utilization Option A Elementary School Allisonville Elementary Crooked Creek Elementary Fox Hill Elementary Greenbriar Elementary Willow Lake Elementary John Strange / Clearwater (New) Nora Elementary Spring Mill Elementary Total
16-17 Option A Enrolled Estimated Utilization Enrollment
Option A Utilization
101%
693
96%
133% 108% 131%
572 698 556
104% 93% 91%
NA
674
90%
123% 104%
714 581
95% 86%
106%
616
93%
114%
5104
93%
Elementary Student Same School/ New School Numbers - Option A The blue shaded rows indicates the projected number of students that would stay at their current school if Option A was selected
2016-17 ES Zone
ES Option A Zone
Allisonville Allisonville Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Fox Hill Fox Hill Fox Hill Fox Hill Greenbriar Greenbriar Greenbriar Greenbriar John Strange John Strange Nora Nora Nora Nora Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill
Allisonville Clearwater Crooked Creek Fox Hill Fox Hill Greenbriar Willow Lake Spring Mill Fox Hill Greenbriar Willow Lake Spring Mill Allisonville Clearwater Fox Hill Greenbriar Clearwater Nora Fox Hill Willow Lake Nora Spring Mill
Total K-5 Students 583 193 464 85 229 9 284 238 42 456 255 153 66 394 132 72 56 425 172 135 133 195
The gray shaded rows indicates the projected number of students that would change schools and indicates the location of the new school if Option A was selected
Option A - Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages ES Option A Boundary Allisonville Clearwater Crooked Creek Fox Hill Greenbriar Nora Nora Spring Mill Willow Lake Willow Lake
MS Option A Boundary Eastwood MS Eastwood MS Westlane MS Westlane MS Northview MS Eastwood MS Northview MS Northview MS Northview MS Westlane MS
Total K-5 649 643 464 660 537 54 504 586 186 488
Percentages 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 10% 90% 100% 28% 72%
Elementary Option B
Elementary Utilization – Option B
Elementary School Allisonville Elementary Crooked Creek Elementary Fox Hill Elementary Greenbriar Elementary Willow Lake Elementary John Strange / Clearwater (New) Nora Elementary Spring Mill Elementary Total
2016-17 Capacity
16-17 Option A Option B Enrolled Estimated Estimated Option A Option B Utilization Enrollment Utilization Enrollment Utilization
725 550 750 625 NA
101% 133% 108% 131% NA
693 572 698 556 674
96% 104% 93% 91% 90%
693 572 707 595 648
96% 104% 94% 95% 86%
500 675 650
123% 104% 106%
714 581 616
95% 86% 93%
714 581 594
95% 86% 91%
4475
114%
5104
93%
5104
93%
Elementary Student Same School/ New School Numbers – Option B The blue shaded rows indicates the projected number of students that would stay at their current school if Option B was selected
2016-17 ES Zone
ES Option B Zone
Allisonville Allisonville Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Fox Hill Fox Hill Fox Hill Fox Hill Greenbriar Greenbriar Greenbriar Greenbriar John Strange John Strange Nora Nora Nora Nora Nora Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill
Allisonville Clearwater Crooked Creek Fox Hill Fox Hill Greenbriar Spring Mill Willow Lake Fox Hill Greenbriar Spring Mill Willow Lake Allisonville Clearwater Clearwater Fox Hill Greenbriar Nora Spring Mill Fox Hill Greenbriar Nora Spring Mill Willow Lake
Total K-5 Students 583 193 464 85 340 73 127 220 42 369 153 342 66 394 56 100 72 425 32 102 62 133 252 86
The gray shaded rows indicates the projected number of students that would change schools and indicates the location of the new school if Option B was selected
Projected percentages of students qualifying for Free or Reduced Lunch - Elementary
Elementary School Allisonville Elementary Crooked Creek Elementary Fox Hill Elementary Greenbriar Elementary Willow Lake Elementary John Strange/Clearwater (New) Nora Elementary Spring Mill Elementary Total
16-17 Percent FR 41% 57% 78% 81% 49% 76% 68% 65%
Option A Percent FR 40% 58% 73% 76% 77% 51% 77% 76% 65%
Option B Percent FR 40% 58% 72% 81% 75% 51% 77% 74% 65%
Elementary COMPASS (High Ability) Recommended Locations Current ¤ Fox Hill
2019-2020 ¤
Crooked Creek Crooked Creek, Willow Lake, Fox Hill
¤ Crooked Creek ¤
¤ Allisonville
Spring Mill Spring Mill, Greenbriar *Nora (depending on feeder MS and as enrollment dictates)
¤
Clearwater * Nora (depending on feeder MS and as enrollment dictates)
¤
Allisonville
Option B - Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages ES Option B Boundary Allisonville Clearwater Clearwater Crooked Creek Fox Hill Greenbriar Nora Nora Spring Mill Willow Lake Willow Lake
MS Option B Boundary Eastwood MS Eastwood MS Northview MS Westlane MS Westlane MS Northview MS Eastwood MS Northview MS Northview MS Northview MS Westlane MS
Total K-5 Percentages 649 540 103 464 669 576 379 179 564 346 302
100% 84% 16% 100% 100% 100% 68% 32% 100% 51% 45%
Current Attendance Boundaries – Middle School
Middle School Utilization - Current Middle School Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total
2016-17 Grade Config
Option Grade Percent Config Utilization
6-8th
6-8th
77%
6-8th
6-8th
83%
6-8th 6-8th
6-8th 6-8th
90% 81%
Middle School – Option A Middle School Option A
Middle School Utilization Option A
Middle School
16-17 Enrolled Utilization
Option A Utilization
Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total
77% 83% 84% 81%
88% 73% 82% 81%
Option A Enrollment Estimate 929 769 861 2559
Middle School – Option B
Middle School Utilization – Option B
Middle School
Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total
16-17 Enrolled Utilization
Option A Utilization
77% 83% 84% 81%
88% 73% 82% 81%
Option A Enrollment Estimate 929 769 861 2559
Option B Utilization 84% 83% 77% 81%
Option B Enrollment Estimate 880 869 810 2559
Projected percentages of students qualifying for Free or Reduced Lunch Middle School
Middle School Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total
16-17 Percent FR
Option A Percent FR
Option B Percent FR
44%
43% 70%
51% 64%
63% 59%
64% 59%
73% 60% 59%
Summary of Options ¤ Option A has “cleaner” boundary lines; ¤ Option B has a few more “pockets” or enclaves of attendance boundaries within other attendance boundaries; ¤ Both Option A and Option B provide more efficient transportation (bus routing) possibilities compared to our current boundaries; ¤ Greenbriar and Spring Mill has a substantial number of students moving to a new school in both Options. This is due to the schools’ location within the district as their boundaries border multiple other attendance boundaries;
Summary of Options ¤ Greenbriar has the most students changing schools in both Options; ¤ Spring Mill has 57 less students changing schools in Option B; ¤ There is a similar number of students staying in and moving from Allisonville and John Strange/Clearwater in both Options; ¤ 90% of Nora would attend Northview and 10% would attend Eastwood in Option A;
Summary of Options ¤ 68% of Nora would attend Eastwood and 32% would attend Northview in Option B; ¤ Option B is the best option when considering improvement of middle school balance.
Opportunities for Input ¤ Visit www.msdwt.k12.in.us and Click on Facilities Planning and follow the links. ¤ Survey Available October 27, 2017 through December 1, 2017 ¤ Community Meetings – December/January ¤ Contact: Dr. Jon Milleman, Assistant Superintendent
[email protected]
Final Recommendation Date Our goal is to present a recommendation to the School Board on May 9, 2018 We encourage ALL stakeholders to provide feedback through our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ rebalancing-times
MSDWT Enrollment Rebalancing
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