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Boundary, Program, and Grade Structure Improvements for School Year 20202021 Fall 2019 PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS www.pgcps.org 1 Boundary Review Process 1. Develop enrollment projections 2. Identify under/over utilized

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • www.pgcps.org

Fall 2019

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Boundary, Program, and Grade Structure Improvements for School Year 2020–2021

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PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • www.pgcps.org

Boundary Review Process

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Develop enrollment projections

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Identify under/over utilized schools

  • 80%-95% utilization is ideal
  • Utilization = enrollment ÷ State Rated Capacity (SRC)
  • SRC = physical capacity of the building (not class size)
  • SRC is defined by the State

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Draft plans to help balance enrollment

▪ Street patterns and walk zones are key drivers 5.

Obtain public input

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Hold Board of Education vote

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Boundary Process Timeline

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DATE ACTIVITY

  • Oct. 14, 2019
  • Oct. 15, 2019
  • Oct. 16, 2019

Community Forums Whitehall Elementary School Kettering Middle School Benjamin Tasker Middle School

  • Oct. 24, 2019

Board Meeting Discussion Item

  • Nov. 7, 2019

Introduction to Board (First Reader)

  • Nov. 12, 2019

Boundary Public Hearing

  • Nov. 21, 2019

Board Vote (Second Reader)

  • Dec. 8, 2019

Families notified of approved changes

  • Sept. 2020

Implementation

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Moving Sixth Grade to Middle School

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Moving Sixth Grade to Middle School

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6th grade is being transitioned to middle school across the district in

  • rder to offer students:

✔ Expanded electives, content specialization and advanced math ✔ Positive performance differences changing less frequently (3 years vs 2) ✔ Greater stability of peer cohorts

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Proposed 6th Grade Realignments for Fall 2020

Allenwood Elementary – assign rising 6th-graders to Thurgood Marshall Middle (44 students) Princeton Elementary – assign rising 6th-graders to Thurgood Marshall Middle (45 students) Avalon Elementary – assign rising 6th-graders to

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Isaac Gourdine Middle (20 students)

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Thurgood Marshall Middle (30 students) North Forestville Elementary – assign rising 6th-graders to Walker Mill Middle (40 students)

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Schedule for future years available in the Educational Facilities Master Plan

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Language Immersion – Expansion to Middle Years

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Immersion Task Force Results

Chinese Immersion parents requested continuity as a first choice to remain at Paint Branch ES and second choice to matriculate to Greenbelt Middle:

  • 83.3% requested Paint

Branch ES

  • 16.7% requested Greenbelt

Middle Spanish Immersion parents requested continuity at a centrally located middle school:

  • Capitol Heights 100%
  • César Chávez 75%
  • Overlook 100%
  • Phyllis E. Williams 99.1%

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Parent Survey Results

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Chinese Immersion Expansion to Middle Years

  • Chinese Immersion program continuity will be provided at

the neighborhood middle school, Greenbelt Middle*

  • 6th grade continuity will be provided at Paint Branch

Elementary until the new William Wirt and Adelphi Area middle schools are ready, after which 6th grade will move to Greenbelt Middle

  • 7th grade continuity begins at Greenbelt Middle in fall 2021
  • Providing continuity has no material impact on enrollment at

Greenbelt Middle

*Immersion Task Force Recommendation

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Spanish Immersion Expansion to Middle Years

  • Middle years continuity will be provided at a single, central

location, Kettering Middle*

  • 6th-graders will be assigned to Kettering Middle for fall 2020
  • Kettering Middle does not have sufficient open seats to

accommodate the Spanish Immersion program; therefore, its neighborhood boundary must be adjusted

  • Enrollment at Kettering Middle will be approximately 60%

neighborhood/40% Immersion once fully phased-in

*Immersion Task Force Recommendation

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Immersion Middle School Information Nights

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Joint Session for all Schools and Community 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Lake Arbor Elementary School 10205 Lake Arbor Way Mitchellville, MD 20721

Thursday, November 7, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Capitol Heights Elementary School 601 Suffolk Avenue Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Monday, November 11, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Overlook Full Spanish Immersion School 3298 Curtis Drive Temple Hills, MD 20748

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Cesar Chavez Dual Spanish Immersion School 6609 Riggs Road Hyattsville, MD 20782

Thursday, November 14, 2019

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Phyllis E. Williams Full Spanish Immersion School 9601 Prince Place Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

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Kettering & Adjacent Middle Schools Boundary Adjustments

  • For fall 2020, rising 6th-graders from Marlton Elementary

would matriculate to Gwynn Park Middle rather than James Madison Middle (45 students)

  • For fall 2020, rising 6th-graders from Patuxent

Elementary would matriculate to James Madison Middle rather than Kettering Middle (45 students)

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Kettering & Adjacent Middle Schools Enrollment Projections

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Current Projections School SRC Enrollment Utilization Open Seats SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 Kettering MS 985 754 838 848 807 77% 85% 86% 82% 231 147 137 178 Gwynn Park MS 765 640 640 626 622 84% 84% 82% 81% 125 125 139 143 James Madison MS 850 805 867 885 876 95% 102% 104% 103% 45 (17) (35) (26) Revised Projections w/proposed changes School SRC Enrollment Utilization Open Seats SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 SY20 SY21 SY22 SY23 Kettering MS 985 754 910 987 1,002 77% 92% 100% 102% 231 75 (2) (17) Gwynn Park MS 765 640 688 722 766 84% 90% 94% 100% 125 77 43 (1) James Madison MS 850 805 862 875 861 95% 101% 103% 101% 45 (12) (25) (11)

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Minor Boundary Adjustments

  • Minor boundary adjustments may be implemented to

streamline assignment patterns or fix address assignments that do not materially impact facility utilization and transportation

  • The following minor boundary adjustments are proposed for

fall 2020:

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Assign Greenbelt Station to Greenbelt Elementary for grades K–5 and Eleanor Roosevelt High for grades 9–12 (<20 students)

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Assign the portion of Paint Branch Elementary that feeds into Hyattsville Middle to Greenbelt Middle for grades 7–8 (<5 students)

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Upcoming Boundary Studies

  • Boundaries for planned new schools will be developed

with community input starting in spring 2020, including:

– New Cherokee Lane Elementary (opening fall 2021) – Comprehensive middle schools (opening fall 2021 – 25) – Comprehensive high schools – Select over-crowded schools, including Whitehall

ES

  • Details will be forthcoming

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Next Steps

  • Give us your opinion:

– https://tinyurl.com/y5qtxzte

  • Visit the web page to stay up-to-date:

– https://www1.pgcps.org/discussions/

  • Visit School Finder to see if a change is proposed for

your address:

– http://gis.pgcps.org/schoolfinder/findschool2.asp

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