Part 1 of the Initiative to Redraw School Zone Boundaries to Support the 2020 vision 1
Grade Configurations as part of the 2020 Vision School 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 Columbus P – 6 P - 7 P – 7 Graham P – 8 P - 8 P - 8 Lincoln K - 6 K - 7 K - 8 Williams P - 6 P - 6 P - 7 Parker P - 6 P – 7 P - 8 Traphagen P - 6 P - 6 P - 7 Holmes P - 6 P - 7 P - 8 Hamilton K - 6 K - 6 K - 6 Grimes K - 6 K - 7 K - 7 RTES P-5 P - 5 P - 5 Pennington P-8 P – 8 P - 8 2
Goals • Reevaluate and plan for higher efficiency for building capacity usage. • Ensure fiscal efficiencies by minimizing use of temporary modular classrooms in order to avail bond funds for implementation of the 202o academic excellence vision. • Minimize impact on effected families.
Strategic Planning • Process started with the residency verification process and data analysis which started in 2017. • Class sizes were based on SED square footage requirements and developmental needs. • Projections were made from current enrollment and trends. • Bilingual and self contained special education student needs were addressed. • Special permission students were not moved as a result of the process. • Deliberate attempts were made to redraw lines logically. • Careful attempts were made to avoid the need to redraw lines again once all construction is completed.
Determining Maximum Class Size Newly adopted square footage from NYSED and allowance for registration increases was factored in to determine maximum physical class size Building Max Columbus 22 Pennington 26 Traphagen 26 Lincoln 22 Parker 23 Grimes 25 Holmes 26 Grade Established district established average class size Pre-K 18 Young learners have fewer K-2 18-23 students per square foot.
Current Zones
Current Zones Prior to Pennington Expansion
Drawing lines logically Move Columbus and Lincoln lines into Pennington
Anticipating impact of increased Former future NMHS enrollment post 2020.
Phase 1 of 2: Redrawing Lines for Columbus • Relocates 40-45 students Three anticipated 8 th grade sections to Pennington. will attend the STEAM Academy in • Provides space towards 2019-2020 removing the need for honoring commitment to modular classrooms at Columbus. Pre-K – 8 neighborhood school.
Redrawing Lines for Lincoln • Improves general overcrowding. • Reduces enrollment by 124 students down to 605 projected for next year. • Reduces reliance on space not designed for optimal learning; e.g. library and hallway space.
Redrawing Lines for Pennington • Pennington captures an additional 166 students from Columbus and Lincoln as a result of the redrawn lines.
Recommendations for next year • At Parker, there will be a room reconfiguration to accommodate full implementation of the 2020 vision. • Two modular classrooms will be utilized at Traphagen in 2019-2020. • Zones for Pennington, Lincoln and Columbus will be redistributed effective July 2019. • Columbus 8 th grade (60) students will attend the STEAM Academy in 2019-2020. • Grimes 8 th grade (32) students will attend BTMS in 2019-2020. • Hamilton 7 th grade (53) students will continue to attend BTMS.
After Before
Implementation Timetable Phase Description Dates Persons Responsible • 1 Identify Impacted schools/Students October 2018- J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Manning- January 2019 Campbell, F. Gaon • 2 Present plan to board and SED for February 2019- J. McGrath, J. Manning-Campbell, Approval March 2019 M. Tiggs, F. Gaon, Policy • Develop Policies to support transition Committee • 3 Develop communication plan to March 2019- April J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, R. impacted students/parents 2019 McCormack, K. Hamilton, Policy • First reading of policy(if applicable) Committee) • 4 Notify all impacted April 2019- May 2019 J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Gorman, students/parents/teachers Policy Committee, Respective Principals) • 5 Redistribute notification to May 2019-June 2019 J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Gorman, students/parents/teachers Respective Principals
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