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Part 1 of the Initiative to Redraw School Zone Boundaries to Support the 2020 vision

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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

Grade Configurations as part

• f the 2020 Vision

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

Grade Established district established average class size Pre-K 18 K-2 18-23 Building Max Columbus 22 Pennington 26 Traphagen 26 Lincoln 22 Parker 23 Grimes 25 Holmes 26

Young learners have fewer students per square foot.

Newly adopted square footage from NYSED and allowance for registration increases was factored in to determine maximum physical class size

Current Zones

Current Zones Prior to Pennington Expansion

Move Columbus and Lincoln lines into Pennington

Drawing lines logically

Former NMHS

Anticipating impact of increased future enrollment post 2020.

Phase 1 of 2: Redrawing Lines for Columbus

• Relocates 40-45 students

to Pennington.

• Provides space towards

honoring commitment to Pre-K – 8 neighborhood school. Three anticipated 8th grade sections will attend the STEAM Academy in 2019-2020 removing the need for modular classrooms at Columbus.

Redrawing Lines for Lincoln

• Improves general
• vercrowding.
• 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 8thgrade (60) students will attend the

STEAM Academy in 2019-2020.

• Grimes 8th grade (32) students will attend BTMS in

2019-2020.

• Hamilton 7th grade (53) students will continue to

attend BTMS.

Before After

Implementation Timetable

Phase Description Dates Persons Responsible

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• Identify Impacted schools/Students

October 2018- January 2019

• J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Manning-

Campbell, F. Gaon 2

• Present plan to board and SED for

Approval

• Develop Policies to support transition

February 2019- March 2019

• J. McGrath, J. Manning-Campbell,
• M. Tiggs, F. Gaon, Policy

Committee 3

• Develop communication plan to

impacted students/parents

• First reading of policy(if applicable)

March 2019- April 2019

• J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, R.

McCormack, K. Hamilton, Policy Committee) 4

• Notify all impacted

students/parents/teachers April 2019- May 2019

• J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Gorman,

Policy Committee, Respective Principals) 5

• Redistribute notification to

students/parents/teachers May 2019-June 2019

• J. McGrath, M. Tiggs, J. Gorman,

Respective Principals

Questions