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MSDWT Enrollment Rebalancing

Community Meetings January 18 – Spring Mill Elementary January 22 – Eastwood Middle School

19-20 Attendance Boundaries Presentation 9-27-17

Welcome

Dr. Nikki Woodson, Superintendent

Format for this evening… ¤  Present Enrollment Rebalancing Information; ¤  Present information regarding the transition to new attendance boundaries; ¤  Discuss your questions at tables with administrators; ¤  Present School Hours Information; ¤  Discuss your questions at tables with administrators; ¤  Administrator report out from table (if time); ¤  Administration will be available following the meeting.

Why Enrollment Rebalancing is Needed ¤  Additional elementary school capacity by opening an eighth elementary school (Willow Lake Elementary) in 2019-2020; ¤  Additional elementary school capacity with construction of Clearwater Elementary School; ¤  Result is new attendance boundaries for ALL elementary and middle schools; ¤  Need to better balance middle school student enrollment among our three middle schools.

Enrollment Rebalancing Considerations ¤  Need to improve transportation efficiencies. ¤  Minimize the number of families impacted. ¤  Attempt to send students to schools closest to home.* ¤  Maximize the utilization of facilities. ¤  Be mindful of the socioeconomic make-up of schools.* ¤  Improve the balance of student enrollment (Middle School). ¤  Attempt to keep neighborhoods together. * ¤  Maintain middle school “feeder” elementary schools to the degree possible

Enrollment Rebalancing 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. ¤  Addressing multiple objectives: - Opening of new elementary schools; and - Middle School enrollment balance. ¤  Logistics involved with a major change. ¤  Change is difficult.


Change

Current Attendance Boundaries – Elementary

Current Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages 2016-17 ES Boundary Allisonville Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Fox Hill Fox Hill Greenbriar Greenbriar John Strange Nora Nora Spring Mill Spring Mill Spring Mill

2016-17 MS Boundary Eastwood MS Northview MS Westlane MS Northview MS Westlane MS Northview MS Westlane MS Eastwood MS Eastwood MS Northview MS Eastwood MS Northview MS Westlane MS

Total K-5 776 50 499 407 353 274 632 460 128 557 53 336 246

Percentage 100% 9% 91% 54% 46% 30% 70% 100% 19% 81% 8% 53% 39%

Elementary Option A Elementary Option A

Elementary Student Same School/ New School Numbers - Option A

2016-17 ES 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

ES Option A Zone

Total K-5 Students

Allisonville Clearwater Crooked Creek

583 193

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

85 229 9 284 238 42 456 255 153 66 394 132 72 56 425 172 135 133 195

464

The GRAY shaded rows indicate the projected number of students that would change schools and indicate the location of the new school if Option A is selected.

Option A - Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages ES Option A Boundary

MS Option A Boundary

Total K-5

Percentages

Allisonville

Eastwood MS

649

100%

Clearwater

Eastwood MS

643

100%

Crooked Creek

Westlane MS

464

100%

Fox Hill

Westlane MS

660

100%

Greenbriar

Northview MS

537

100%

Nora

Eastwood MS

54

10%

Nora

Northview MS

504

90%

Spring Mill

Northview MS

586

100%

Willow Lake

Northview MS

186

28%

Willow Lake

Westlane MS

488

72%


Elementary – Option A Utilization School Allisonville Crooked Creek Fox Hill Greenbriar Willow Lake Clearwater Nora Spring Mill Total

Option A Estimated Utilization 96% 104% 94% 95% 95% 95% 86% 93% 93%

Elementary Option B

Elementary Student Same School/New School Numbers – Option B 2016-17 ES Zone

The BLUE shaded rows indicate the projected number of students that would stay at their current school if Option B is selected.

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

ES Option B Zone 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 indicate the projected number of students that would change schools and indicate the location of the new school if Option B is selected.

Elementary to Middle School Feeder Pattern and Percentages - Option B ES Option B Boundary

MS Option B Boundary

Total K-5

Percentages

Allisonville

Eastwood MS

649

100%

Clearwater

Eastwood MS

540

84%

Clearwater

Northview MS

103

16%

Crooked Creek

Westlane MS

464

100%

Fox Hill

Westlane MS

669

100%

Greenbriar

Northview MS

576

100%

Nora

Eastwood MS

379

68%

Nora

Northview MS

179

32%

Spring Mill

Northview MS

564

100%

Willow Lake

Northview MS

346

54%

Willow Lake

Westlane MS

302

46%


Elementary Option B Utilization School

Allisonville Crooked Creek Fox Hill Greenbriar Willow Lake Clearwater Nora Spring Mill Total

Option B Estimated Utilization

96% 104% 94% 95% 86% 95% 86% 91% 93%

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 (Closed) / Clearwater (New) Nora Elementary Spring Mill Elementary Total

16-17 Percent FR 41% 57% 78% 81% 49%

Option A Percent FR 40% 58% 73% 76% 77% 51%

Option B Percent FR 40% 58% 72% 81% 75% 51%

76% 68% 65%

77% 76% 65%

77% 74% 65%

Elementary COMPASS (High Ability)

Current

2019-2020 Recommended Locations

¤  Fox Hill

¤  Crooked Creek

¤  Crooked Creek

Hill

¤  Allisonville

Crooked Creek, Willow Lake, Fox

¤  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

Current Attendance Boundaries Middle School

Middle School Utilization - Current

Middle School

Percent Utilization

Eastwood Middle School

77%

Northview Middle School

83%

Westlane Middle School Total

90% 81%

Middle School – Option A Middle School Option A

Middle School Utilization Option A Middle School Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total

2016-17 Enrolled Option A Option A Utilization Utilization Enrollment Estimate 88% 929 77% 73% 769 83% 82% 861 84% 81% 81% 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 Option A Option A Option B Option B Utilization Utilization Enrollment Utilization Enrollment Estimate Estimate 88% 929 84% 880 77% 73%

769

83%

869

82%

861

77%

810

81%

2559

81%

2559

83% 84% 81%

Projected percentages of students qualifying for Free or Reduced Lunch Middle School

Middle School Eastwood Middle School Northview Middle School Westlane Middle School Total

2016-17 Percent FR 44% 73% 60% 59%

Option A Percent FR 51%

Option B Percent FR 50%

64%

69%

64%

59%

59%

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 have 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 (Continued)

¤  Greenbriar has the most students changing schools in both options; ¤  Spring Mill has 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 (Continued)

¤  68% of Nora would attend Eastwood and 32% would attend Northview in Option B; ¤  84% of Clearwater would attend Eastwood and 16% would attend Northview in Option B; ¤  Option B is the best option when considering improvement of middle school balance.


Table Talk ¤  Time at your tables to discuss your questions and comments; ¤  Administrator will take notes; ¤  Notes from both Community Meetings will be compiled and shared with the Administration and School Board.

MSDWT – School Start Times 2019-2020 Community Presentation

Why is the District considering a change? Research supports later school start times for adolescent students. ¤  To put our students in the best position to be successful based on research ¤  Early research from Minnesota Supporting Later HS Start Times * ¤  American Association of Pediatric Medicine – Several Research Articles Supporting Later Start Times* ¤  Neuroscience and Brain Research – Ongoing Research to Support Later Start Times * *Articles available on District website under “Facilities Planning” tab.

Why 2019-2020 ¤  Bus transportation routing will need to change due to 2019-2020 Enrollment Rebalancing; ¤  Two major changes combined in one year (Enrollment Rebalancing /School Hours) rather than consecutive or multiple years of major changes; and ¤  Time needed to revise teacher before and after school meetings and responsibilities.

Requirements Through analysis of stakeholder feedback as well as before and after school requirements of our schools, we have developed the following guiding principals or requirements when developing school start/end times: ¤  Attempt to start the first school time at approximately 7:30 AM (Earliest pick up would be 6:20 AM or slightly earlier); ¤  Last school end time no later than 4:25 PM (Extra-curricular, Late Activity Bus, and Supervision requirements restrict the time from ending later); ¤  Minimum of fifty (50) minutes needed between start and end times of each busing tier (this will allow for safe and on-time arrival and delivery times.

Options to Consider Option 1 Current Hours

Option 2 Potential Hours for 2019-2020

Times are approximate. If adopted, final times may minimally vary from the times presented here.

High School – 7:20 am – 2:35 pm

Elementary - 7:30 am – 2:30 pm Earliest Pick- approximately 6:20 am – 6:30 am

Elementary – 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Latest Drop Off approximately 3:30 pm – 3:40 pm

High School – 8:20 am – 3:35 pm Middle School – 9:20 am – 4:20 pm

Earliest Pick-Up approximately 7:10 am – 7:20 am Latest Drop Off approximately 4:35 pm – 4:45 pm

Middle School - 9:25 am – 4:25 pm Earliest Pick-Up approximately 8:15 am – 9:25 am Latest Drop Off approximately 5:25 pm – 5:35 pm

Feedback from Stakeholders Preferring Current School Times ¤  Concerns regarding early pick up times for elementary students; ¤  Concerns regarding childcare options; ¤  Concerns with HS athletes getting home an hour later; ¤  Questions about students holding after school jobs; ¤  Concerns about Middle School dismissing even later than the current dismissal time.

Feedback from Stakeholders Preferring New School Times ¤  Persuaded by the research; ¤  Option 2 allows for High School students to continue to hold jobs; ¤  Similar to neighboring districts’ High School times; ¤  Would like to have students start and end early (elementary teacher comment); ¤  Believe high school students will perform better academically.

Challenges and Considerations ¤  Pick up times for Elementary - (Darkness – Earliest stops could be 6:20 AM or earlier); ¤  Families’ Needs (childcare, activities, younger siblings arriving home without older siblings home); ¤  Emerging Research - (Regarding Elementary also benefiting from later times); ¤  Transportation Costs - (Prohibits the Middle School day from being placed in the middle Tier); ¤  Unable to move to a two-tier busing system - (Due to the required costs associated with increasing the bus fleet); ¤  The lengths of our student days vary by level, making the creation of transportation windows between tiers challenging;

Challenges and Considerations ¤  High School Activities (travel to away athletic and club competitions, availability of buses to transport students to away activities prohibits High School from being in the third tier); ¤  Late Activity Bus Schedules and Driver Availability – (Creates challenges with High School being in the third tier); ¤  Constraints of time needed between busing tiers (Minimum of fifty minutes needed between tiers to maintain on time arrival and pick up times) The lack of time between our current busing tiers is making on time arrival difficult; ¤  Very little margin for error with Elementary in the first tier (Especially in the morning - If HS is late in the AM, students are late for credit bearing classes. - All Drivers (in Option 2) would be needed first thing in the morning – Potentially no drivers available to cover routes if substitutes are needed;

Challenges and Considerations ¤  After School Child Care – (Unknown if the number of bus riders and parent car drop offs will increase or decrease – Unknown as to how a new school time will influence attendance at AYS; ¤  Our current times are not consistent with the research that supports later school start times for adolescent students (MS/HS); ¤  Change is difficult.

Information and Final Recommendation Date – Enrollment Rebalancing ¤  Information provided at the February 28th, March 14th, and April 11th School Board Meetings; ¤  Information and presentation of pending recommendation at the April 11th School Board Meeting.

Our goal is to present a recommendation to the School Board on May 9, 2018.

Information and Final Recommendation Date – School Hours ¤  Information provided at the February 28th, March 14th, and April 11th School Board Meetings; ¤  Continued review and use of consultant services as needed (spring/ summer 2018) ¤  Present pending recommendation to School Board (late summer)

Our goal is to present a recommendation to the School Board regarding School Hours and District Calendar(s) in early fall, 2018.

Ongoing Information and Contact ¤  Visit www.msdwt.k12.in.us and Click on the “Facilities Planning” tab and follow the links. ¤  Contact: Dr. Jon Milleman, Assistant Superintendent [email protected]

Thank you.