A"endance Areas 2018-19+ Listening & Input Sessions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A"endance Areas 2018-19+ Listening & Input Sessions September 14, 2017 & October 23, 2017

Welcome • Thanks • Purpose • Provide feedback to help the superintendent make recommendaAons to the school board about aBendance areas and intra-district transfers • To provide the School Board with informaAon to make final decisions • Opportunity to ask quesAons and provide wriBen feedback • Format • Changes since 9/14/17 • PresentaAon 15-20 minutes • Q & A… as many as possible • QuesAon/Feedback cards available • ABendance Area Task Force will collect and organize quesAons • ABendance Area Task Force will ask quesAons • Website • QuesAons aTer the session.. Email, call, other • LogisAcs.. Website, handouts, scenarios, criteria • Post-meeAng availability • Videotaped • IntroducAons of others

Listening & Input Session updates • FAQ updated to reflect quesAons • Start Ames • Criteria importance • Decision making objecAvity of the board • Principal Assignments • Building Upgrades • Video of session was posted online • Decision to allow intra-district transfers with parameters – more on this later.

Updates since 9/14/17 • Haven Ridge Development • Villa homes (76) and Single Family Homes (57) – Prior Lake area of district • Pearson students will ALL feed in to East Middle School • Ladybug Childcare center (152 child capacity, 40 school age) • Downtown development cancelled • Canterbury Commons update • AddiAonal study of Middle School CapaciAes • True Feeder School Model

Intra-District Transfers (Current Thinking as of 9-14-17) • Would like to allow as many as possible… subject to: • Capacity • Staffing • Daycare requests…. • “Batching” of preference requests with specified deadlines • Example: Check impact of all requests received by a set date/dates • A deadline where no further requests would be approved due to staffing/ planning implicaAons • Requests re-done annually?? • Bussing not provided outside of the aBendance area. Transfer requests would not come with bussing.

Intra-District Transfers (update since 9/14/17) • Allow requests when possible, subject to: Transfer request 7meline • Capacity Calculate impact of requests & projected • Staffing school enrollment versus school capacity. Approve where possible (leave some room for • Childcare requests approved (as in the past) growth & childcare within aBendance area. All requests Ame stamped, class size consideraAons) • “Batching” of preference requests with specified deadlines March 1: Request form available • Example: Check impact of all requests received by April 1: Batch processing #1 a set date/dates May 1: Batch processing #2 • A deadline where no further requests would be June 1: Batch processing #3 approved due to staffing/planning implicaAons July 15: Batch processing #4* • Bussing not provided outside of the a2endance area. Approved transfer requests would not come with bussing. • Requests re-done annually (sAll under * Required Ame for schedule creaAon and staffing needs of the schools. consideraAon)

Background InformaMon

Ke Key Why? EC – Eagle Creek JA – Jackson P – Pearson RO – Red Oak SP – Sun Path SW - Sweeney 2002-03 t 2002-03 to 2006-07 (5 y 2006-07 (5 year ears) s) • 3 Elementary Schools • P, RO, SW (K-4 only) • Sun Path (5 - 6 only) • 4,250 students (Spring ‘02) • 7-9 Jr. High (East) • 10-12 High School (West)

Ke Key EC – Eagle Creek, JA – Jackson, P – Pearson, RO – Red Oak, SP – Sun Path, SW - Sweeney 2007-08 t 2007-08 to 2011-12 (5 yr 2011-12 (5 yrs) s) • 5 Elementary Schools • P/JA*, RO, SW, SP, EC (new) • SP converted, all Elem K-5 • 5,726 students (Spring ‘07) • ~1,476 addiMonal students • 6-7 Middle School (East) • 8-9 Jr. High (West) • 10-12 High School (new)

Key Ke EC – Eagle Creek, JA – Jackson, P – Pearson, RO – Red Oak, SP – Sun Path, SW - Sweeney 2011-12-13 to 2017-18 (6-7 yr 2011-12-13 t 2017-18 (6-7 yrs) s) • 5 Elementary Schools • EC, JA, RO, SP, SW • P converted (6 th only) • 7,236 students (Spring ‘12) • ~1,510 addiMonal students • New HS opens (10-12) • P6 opens (6 th only) • EJH & WJH open as 7 th – 9 th • * Spring ’17 ~8,300 students • ~1,060 addiMonal students

Why? 2011-12-13 to 2017-18 (6-7 yr 2011-12-13 t 2017-18 (6-7 yrs) s) • 5 Elementary Schools 2002-03 t 2002-03 to 2006-07 (5 y 2006-07 (5 year ears) s) • EC, JA, RO, SP, SW • 3 Elementary Schools 2007-08 t 2007-08 to 2011-12 (5 yr 2011-12 (5 yrs) s) • P converted (6 th only) • P, RO, SW (K-4 only) • 5 Elementary Schools • 7,236 students (Spring ‘12) • Sun Path (5 - 6 only) • P/JA*, RO, SW, SP, EC (new) • ~1,510 addiMonal students • 4,250 students (Spring ‘02) • SP converted, all Elem K-5 • New HS opens (10-12) • 5,726 students (Spring ‘07) • 7-9 Jr. High (East) • P6 opens (6 th only) • ~1,476 addiMonal students • 10-12 High School (West) • EJH & WJH open as 7 th – 9 th • 6-7 Middle School (East) • * Spring ’17 ~8,300 students • 8-9 Jr. High (West) • ~1,060 addiMonal students • 10-12 High School (new)

Today’s Reality 0-5+ year discussion Process ü • Convert 6 th grade center back • The 2018-19 TransiAon plan requires q School Board establishes aBendance to an elementary aBendance areas be re-drawn. area parameters ü • Convert High School to • ABendance areas will be developed q Proposed scenarios developed 9 th -12 th grades based on school board parameters. ü q School Board selects “best” working • Convert Jr. High Schools (7 th • Pearson transiAons back to its original scenario(s) by DATE 7/24/2017 – 9 th ) to Middle Schools (6 th design as an elementary school. ü q ABendance Area Task Force Study & -8 th ) • Middle School areas will incorporate Review DATE(S) August 15 & 24, • Current Elementary schools, “feeder” elementary schools if 2017. over capacity, as anAcipated. possible. Feedback reviewed… scenario • • These changes while planned for, and updated if necessary. posiAve, are challenging as well. ü q Public Listening & Input Session ABachments to current schools are DATE(S) September 14, 2017. real, and the change will be difficult for some. Feedback reviewed … scenario • updated if necessary. q Public Listening & Input Session DATE(S) October 23, 2017 Feedback reviewed … scenario • updated if necessary. q Final Approval by School Board DATE 11/13/17.

Process to date • Winter 2017 Board MeeAng(s): IniAal discussions on aBendance area criteria & process • April 24 School Board MeeAng: Criteria and Ameline discussion • May 22 School Board MeeAng: IniAal scenarios presented, discussions on Ameline, intra-district transfers, start Ames, process • June 26 School Board MeeAng: Updated scenarios presented, discussion on walking paBerns • July 10 School Board MeeAng: Updates scenarios, request for new scenario with goal of developing 3 for iniAal discussions with task force • July 24 School Board MeeAng: 3 scenarios presented and decision to use them as starAng point for task force work. • ABendance Area InformaAon site made live on district website • Public communicaAon via board reports throughout, and request for input on 3 scenarios • August 15 & 24 ABendance Area Task Force meeAngs • September 14 & October 23 Public Listening & Input Sessions • November 13 School Board makes final decision

Special Thanks…. A"endance Area Task Force • Parents from all Elementary Schools • Early Childhood Parents • City of Shakopee Planner • Bus Company RepresentaAve • Childcare Provider RepresentaAve • School Board Members • Administrators from Early Childhood through Jr. High • District Office – Superintendent, CommunicaAons, Data & TesAng

A"endance Area Task Force Members • Dave Orlowsky, staff • Molly Dose, parent • Megan Mulder, parent • Faduma Yusuf, parent • Brenda Kauhane, parent • Gary Anger, Interim Superintendent • Maria Weness, parent • Dofa Mohamed, parent • Ashley McCray, staff • Kelli Ulrich, parent • Angela Tucker, school board • Crystal McNally, staff • Kjersta Hoffman, parent • ScoB Swanson, school board • Pat Huber, Palmer Bus • Liesl Bell-Fleming, parent- • Reggie Bowerman, school board teacher • KaAe Johnson, staff-parent • Mitch Perrine, principal • Kim Graff, parent • Eric Weiss, City of Shakopee • Patrick Leonard, principal • Anab Sahal, parent • Roz Addler, childcare provider • Melissa Zahn, principal • Larissa Indrebo, parent • Jim Miklausich, principal • Alison Rahn, parent • Nick Hoffman, parent

Decision Making Consultants Design Stakeholders District Office – School Community-Parents-Task Board - Superintendent Force Decision Makers School Board - Superintendent Adjust/Refine Implementa7on New informaAon

Criteria/parameters per School Board and prior pracAce • Geographic: Walking distance to school per district guidelines/policy • Demographic Balance • TransportaAon: Efficient, effecAve, cost factors…. Bus company review of impact • Building capacity • RecogniAon of proposed growth/developments • Feeder schools if possible (Elementary to Middle) • Monitoring number of students moved • Lasts 3-5 years … beBer 5-7 years

Eagle Creek Jackson Red Oak Sun Path Sweeney