Pleasant View Elementary Attendance Area Proposal to Address Overcrowding in North Meridian and at Hillsdale Elementary
Project Timeline Community Informational Meetings Wednesday, January 23 – Hillsdale Elementary, 7 pm Monday, January 28 – Ponderosa Elementary, 7 pm Wednesday, January 30 – Hunter Elementary, 7 pm Boundary Committee Meetings Tuesday, February 5 Thursday, February 7 Wednesday, February 13 Tuesday, February 19 Thursday, February 21 Wednesday, February 27 Public Presentations of Boundary Proposal Tuesday, March 5 – Hillsdale Elementary, 7 pm Wednesday, March 13 – Ponderosa Elementary, 7 pm Thursday, March 21 – Hunter Elementary, 7 pm Presentation to Board of Trustees Tuesday, April 9
Com Committee A ee Assign gnment? • Propose an attendance area for Pleasant View Elementary • Attendance area for Pleasant View will go into effect Fall 2020 • Consider elementary level schools where changing attendance areas would optimize enrollment, including Hunter and Prospect Elementary • Determine if there is any attendance area change or policy recommendation to reduce/cap Hunter’s enrollment for 2019 • Consider options for reducing overcrowding at Hillsdale • The self-contained GT program will move to Siena fall 2019, reducing Hillsdale’s enrollment by 70 students • One tuition kindergarten program will be eliminated, opening up one additional classroom for fall 2019 • Considered options to reduce overcrowding until a new elementary school is built south of I-84
Current Elementary School School Enrollment and Capacities Boundaries North Meridian School Capacity Enrollment Discovery 650 536 Hunter 650 816 Paramount 650 596 Ponderosa 650 680 Prospect 650 742 Willow Creek 650 702 South East Meridian Hillsdale 650 797 Lake Hazel 496 480 Pepper Ridge 650 584 Siena 650 603
Drawing A g Attenda endance A e Area eas: Method hodology gy Locating Students Geographically
Study Existing Attendance Areas to Understand Feeder System
Creating Attendance Areas Calculating Future Students Based on Platted Subdivisions Number of platted home sites X .8 (the 2010 census calculation of students per home) Divide resulting number by 13 (the number of grades K through 12) Multiply resulting number by 6 (the number of grades in Elementary, K though 5) Divide resulting number by 7 (7 is an assumed number of years that it will take a new subdivision to reach completion).
Proposed P Plea easant V View E Elem ementary A Attenda endance A ce Area ea Chinden Projected Enrollment Fall 2020: 397 Fall 2021: 500 Ten Mile Ustick
Proposed H Hunter er Elem emen entary A Attenda endance A ce Area ea McMillan Meridian Projected Enrollment Ten MIle Fall 2020: 655 Fall 2021: 662 Ustick
Proposed H Hunter er Elem emen entary A Attenda endance A ce Area ea McMillan Road Ustick
Proposed H Hunter er Elem emen entary A Attenda endance A ce Area ea McMillan Road N. Venable LN Ponderosa Hunter
Proposed P Ponder erosa E Elem emen entary A Atten enda dance e Area ea Ustick Star Road Projected Enrollment Fall 2020: 642 Linder Fall 2021: 663 Cherry Lane
Proposed P Ponder erosa E Elem emen entary A Atten enda dance e Area ea McMillan Road N. Venable LN Ponderosa Hunter Chinden
Proposed P Prosp spect ect E Elem emen entary A Attenda endance A ce Area ea Chinden Projected Enrollment Fall 2020: 717 Fall 2021: 720 Meridian Road Linder Ustick
Proposed D Discover ery E Elem ementary Attend endance A ce Area ea Projected Enrollment Fall 2020: 589 Fall 2021: 598
Hillsd sdale e Elem ementary P Proposal Enrollment Fall 2017: 650 Fall 2018: 751 Now: 797 Fall 2019: GT program moved to Siena -70 students Projected Fall 2019: 725
Attenda endance ce Area ea Implem ementation R Rec ecom ommendations • The changes to Hunter and Ponderosa Elementary Schools’ current attendance areas go into effect fall 2020 with the opening of Pleasant View Elementary • The changes to Prospect Elementary School’s attendance area go into effect fall 2019 • Enrollment at Hunter is closed to all new students effective May 31, 2019 • Students from families that never attended Hunter will be provided busing to another area school • Students who move in to the area in Hunter’s current attendance area that will become Ponderosa will be provided busing to Ponderosa • Students who move in to the area in the remainder of Hunter’s current attendance area will be provided busing to Paramount • The cap on enrollment will remain in place until the opening of Pleasant View Elementary in the fall of 2020 • Enrollment at Hillsdale will be closed to all new students effective May 31, 2019 • Students who move into the Hillsdale attendance on the east side of Eagle Road will be provided busing to Silver Sage Elementary • Students who move in to the Hillsdale attendance area on the west side of Eagle Road will be provided busing to Siena Elementary • The cap on enrollment will remain in place until the opening of a new elementary school south of I-84
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