THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS:

Due to the board’s decision to amend the superintendent’s proposal (Report No. 11/12-4313 Authorization to Close Schools and Modify School Attendance Boundaries) to exclude D. H. Stanton, F.L. Stanton and Towns elementary schools from closure as recommended, the district has modified the previously proposed attendance zone boundaries.

RECOMMENDATION:

The board should adopt the superintendent’s attached revised Redistricting and School Closure Recommendation and the attached maps that represent the recommended school zone boundary changes. The board authorizes the superintendent to write zone boundary descriptions based on the revised maps.

REASON:

To balance enrollments as a result of the board’s amendment to the superintendent’s Final Redistricting and School Closure Recommendation (Report No. 11/12-4313 Authorization to Close Schools and Modify School Attendance Boundaries).

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:

The proposed closings and boundary changes will result in a minimum estimated $3.5 million in cost savings due to increased state funding and decreased operational costs.

FUNDING SOURCE:

N/A

THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS:

Due to the board’s decision to amend the superintendent’s proposal (Report No. 11/12-4312 Authorization to Modify School Attendance Zone Boundaries for Coretta Scott King Women’s Leadership Academy, BEST Academy at Ben S. Carson, Harper-Archer Middle School and Douglass high School) to exclude F.L. Stanton and Towns elementary schools from closure as recommended, the district has modified the previously proposed attendance zone boundaries.

Students who reside in the revised attendance boundaries of Boyd, Scott, Grove Park/Woodson, and F.L. Stanton elementary schools will have priority to opt-in to attend the appropriate single-gender academy for grades 6 through 12. Students who choose not to opt-in will follow the Douglass High School cluster feeder pattern. Transportation will be provided for students in the priority enrollment area or to the traditional schools (Harper-Archer MS and Douglass HS.)

Students attending the single-gender schools who reside outside of the priority enrollment area will not receive transportation.

RECOMMENDATION:

The board should accept the superintendent’s recommendation to change the boundary lines for F.L. Stanton and Towns elementary schools as a result of the board’s amendment to the Final Redistricting and School Closure Recommendation and the maps that represented the recommended school zone boundary changes. The board authorizes the superintendent to create the appropriate regulations and policies to facilitate this process.

REASON:

To provide all students residing in the current attendance zone for the single-gender academies with the opportunity to opt-in to the single gender environment and citywide open enrollment for students who do not reside in the priority enrollment area.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:

N/A

FUNDING SOURCE:

N/A