Cupertino Union School District Board Meeting November 21, 2019 Miller Middle School Enrollment Data Listening Session
Outcomes and Purpose for Today’s Meeting Given the School Board’s long-standing commitment to balance enrollment and addressing ongoing budget shortfall: Understand where we are now in the process and where we are headed ● Review data, both current and projected - District Level and Feeder Pattern ● Listen to Community ●
District Enrollment Data and Future Projections 2015/16: 18,910 2019/20: 16,712 2024/25: 14,262* -4,648 *Current conservative projections Revised based on demographer’s October 28, 2019 report
Most Current Committee Work 2013-2015: Stocklmeir Growth Committee Spring 2017: Community Advisory Committee (CAC) 2017-2018: Revisit CAC Conversations Small Schools Conversations Formation of Small School Committee Dawn to Dusk “stake in the ground” 2018-2019: Community Conversations (all 25 school communities) Balancing and Declining Enrollment Committee (Board and Staff) 2019-2020: Broad Community Conversations
Board’s Stake in the Ground 2018-2019 Board Decision Elementary schools need to have at least 3 Kindergarten classrooms sustained through 5th grade.
Our Least Drastic Solutions School Community Ownership of Creative Solutions Open Enrollment Dawn to Dusk Track Progress
Miller Feeder Schools Miller Middle 2017-2018 2018-2019 Difference 2019-2020 Difference Projected Difference Cumulative and Feeder Schools +/- +/- 2020-2021 +/- +/- Miller 1250 1190 -60 1191 1 1056 -135 -194 Muir 300 299 -1 261 -38 239 -22 -61 Meyerholz Neighborhood 341 329 -12 312 -17 296 -16 -45 Dilworth 368 416 48 411 -5 359 -52 -9 Blue Hills * 279 330 51 320 -10 308 -12 29 * indicates the elementary school feeds into two middle schools
Miller Feeder - Waitlist by Grade Kinder 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6 7 8 Total Miller 95 11 5 111 Muir 5 1 6 3 0 0 15 Meyerholz 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 Neighborhood Dilworth 17 0 14 13 13 5 62 Blue Hills 0 3 4 2 0 0 9 Waitlist numbers are as of 10/28/19
Current Alternative School Data
Brainstormed Potential Solutions Attract Reconfigure Consolidate Magnet Schools K-8 Eliminate Alt Schools ● ● ● Alt Schools K-3, 4-6, 7-8 School Closures ● ● ● (create/expand) Multi-School Zones Move Alt Schools to ● ● Dawn to Dusk (lottery) Small Schools ● Charter Schools Alt Schools to Magnet ● ● Open Enrollment Boundary Changes ● ● Interdistrict Transfers ● Other Busing ● A combination of any of the above ●
Process Going Forward Once all community “listening sessions” are completed, the Board of Education will hold meetings to: Review data, both current and projected ● Discuss criteria for making decisions ● Identify next steps and provide direction and timelines ●
Clarifying Questions and Public Comment for Board Consideration
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