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The Case for Elementary Boundary Adjustments

Fall 2018

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Agenda

• Call to order
• Presentation by district administration
• Enrollment trends and projections K‐12
• Proposed elementary boundary adjustments
• Timeline and transition plan
• Community input session
• Explanation of the input process
• Families and community members provide written feedback
• Adjourn
• School and district administrators available to answer additional

questions

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Purpose and responsibilities of groups involved in the boundary adjustment process

Responsibility of the district administration:

• Present the Elementary Boundary Steering Committee with the information

needed to inform recommendations of boundary adjustments, or other action, to address near‐capacity student enrollment at two elementary schools.

• Present the School Board with recommendations from the Steering Committee.

Responsibility of the Elementary Boundary Steering Committee:

• 10 parents representing all four elementary schools whose purpose is to advise

the process for addressing near‐capacity student enrollment at Prairie Branch Elementary and Matthews Elementary.

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Purpose and responsibilities of groups involved in the boundary adjustment process

Responsibility of the School Board:

• Approve, reject, or amend any recommendation presented by the District

Administration and/or the Steering Committee to address near‐capacity enrollment at two elementary schools.

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Enrollment trends and projections K‐12

Our current K-12 enrollment is 4383 students (September 2018). According to the Long Range Facilities Plan last updated by Hollis+Miller Architects in June of 2017, key flashpoints (pictured left) for additional classroom space at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels come into play as district K-12 enrollment approaches 5200 students. We will need to work within our existing bonding capacity to address the classroom needs associated with these growth flashpoints. According to a January 2018 demography study by Business Information Services, Grain Valley Schools can expect to have a K-12 enrollment of 5200 students in as soon as nine (9) years from now, the 2027-2028 school year, or it could take more than ten years to reach 5200.

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High school long‐range plan underway

Phase 4 of the 2012 Grain Valley High School long range plan additions and renovation is currently underway and will be completed in time for the 2019‐2020 school year. It is estimated that eight (8) more years of bonding capacity are needed to complete the long range Grain Valley High School project. The next priority at the high school is the completion of a second, larger gymnasium, requiring three years of bonding capacity. Performing arts and fine arts classrooms will need to be completed to make room for the gymnasium, requiring two years of bonding capacity, for five of the estimated eight years of bonding capacity needed to complete the long‐range plan at the high school.

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North Middle School at 98% capacity

North Middle School currently has 442 students (98% capacity) and South Middle School has 618

• students. South has room for more students, but the

district has tried to keep enrollment to the low 600s. North Middle School currently has 1 ½ wings of classrooms and has a capacity of 450 students. The site is designed to eventually accommodate three full classroom wings and support the same number

• f students as South Middle School.

Two options are being considered at this time; either build out the current half wing to make it a full wing (an addition of five classrooms), or complete a full build‐out of the remaining 1 ½ wings. A full buildout is estimated to cost one year of bonding capacity.

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14 years of bonding capacity needed

Summary of Likely Classroom Needs in as soon as nine (9) Years (2027‐2028):

• Completion of Grain Valley High School 8+ years of bonding cap
• Full build‐out of North Middle School 1 year of bonding cap
• Elementary #5

5 years of bonding cap

• ESTIMATED TOTAL AS OF 2018

14 years of bonding cap

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Kindergarten enrollment trends

Annual increases in kindergarten class enrollment trended upwards through the fall of 2008. Kindergarten enrollment has remained relatively flat each year since 2008.

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Growth has slowed since 2008

Relatively similarly sized Kindergarten classes since 2008 have led to consistent grade level sizes across grades K‐12. Each grade level, K‐12, is depicted in a bar on this bar graph.

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Elementary trends and projections

• The district has 1981 students in grades K‐5 and our

four elementary schools are at a combined capacity of 83%.

• K‐5 enrollment has increased by 162 students since

2009, an average increase of 18 students per year.

• We are 180 K‐5 students away from being at 90%

capacity and needing an additional elementary school.

• Based on the growth over the past nine years, it could

be 10 years before we need elementary #5.

• If the rate of growth at the elementary grades

increases, then we would need to be prepared to have additional space for elementary students sooner.

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K‐5 Enrollment

90% capacity (2200 students K‐5)

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Elementary school enrollment numbers

• Prairie Branch has 575 students and a capacity of 632 (at 91% capacity).
• Matthews has 512 students and a capacity of 563 (at 91% capacity).
• Sni‐A‐Bar has 438 students and a capacity of 584 (at 75% capacity).
• Stony Point Elementary has 456 students and a capacity of 608 (75% capacity).
• Student enrollment at Prairie Branch and Matthews has trended upward in recent

years.

• Enrollment at Sni‐A‐Bar Elementary has remained relatively flat over the past six

years, and has declined overall.

• Enrollment at Stony Point Elementary has been in decline since the school
• pened in 2007, until increasing for the first time this fall.

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Elementary projections

• Elementary enrollment across the district is projected to increase slowly over the

next five years.

• The enrollment at Matthews Elementary is projected to continue to increase over

the next ten years.

• The enrollment at Prairie Branch is projected to remain relatively flat over the

next ten years, with some increase overall. This year’s growth at Prairie Branch exceeds projections by +10 students.

• The enrollment at Sni‐A‐Bar Elementary is projected to decline over the next ten
• years. This year’s decline at Sni‐A‐Bar exceeds projections by ‐31 students.
• The enrollment at Stony Point Elementary is projected to continue to decline over

the next ten years. This is the first year since opening that enrollment has increased at Stony Point.

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Proposed elementary boundary adjustments

• Shift much of our elementary growth capacity from Sni‐A‐Bar (75%

cap) and Stony Point (75% cap), to Matthews (91% cap) and Prairie Branch through adjustments or school attendance boundaries.

• In general, Sni‐A‐Bar and Stony Point can each support up to an

additional 80‐100 students, for a total of roughly 180 students from Matthews and Prairie Branch combined.

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Current elementary boundaries

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• Roughly 180 students who currently

attend Matthews are within the South Middle School attendance area.

• The remaining 330+ students at

Matthews are within the North Middle School attendance area.

Current middle school boundaries

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• Shifting the 180 Matthews students who

are within the South Middle School area to Sni‐A‐Bar and Stony Point would provide the relief to the northern two schools and ensure all elementary students entered middle school with all of their elementary classmates.

Potentially impacted neighborhoods

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• Shifting roughly 90 students from Prairie

Branch to Matthews would result in both schools having 6‐10 years of growth potential.

• The north, east, and south edges of

Prairie Branch were considered to identify roughly 90 students to shift to Matthews.

Sni‐A‐Bar and Stony Point to each receive roughly 90 students

• Our southern two schools each have

room for roughly 90 additional students from Matthews.

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Matthews

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Matthews

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Prairie Branch

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Proposed Boundary Adjustments

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Timeline and transition plan

1. The soonest the School Board would adopt any proposed elementary boundary changes is November 15, 2018. 2. Any current family directly impacted by change to school boundaries will be notified of the change and transition plan, in writing. 3. Each school receiving new students in the fall of 2019 due to changes in attendance boundaries will host both an event for in‐coming students during a school day yet this school year, plus a family event with impacted families in mind.

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Keeping our families informed

1. A summary of the School Board’s endorsement of a process to address capacity and continued growth at Prairie Branch and Matthews was included in an email to all families on Sep 21, 2018. 2. Families directly impacted by proposed boundary adjustments were sent a SchoolMessenger email alert on Oct 12, 2018. 3. Progress update communicated with all district families and team members through Community News email newsletter on Oct 12, 2018. 4. Community Engagement Session for any interested district families and patrons on Oct 17, 2018 to include a presentation and opportunities for input. 5. The soonest a final recommendation by the Steering Committee would be presented to the School Board is Nov 1. When the final recommendation is presented to the School Board, the plan will be communicated to all district families and team members through a Community News email newsletter. 6. Any adjustments to the plan will be communicated through our district’s Community news email newsletter to all families.

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Next steps in the process

• 1. Progress report to the School Board by district administration at School Board Meeting on October

18, 2018 at 6:00 PM at North Middle School.

• 2. Follow up Steering Committee meeting to review community input and make adjustments as needed
• n October 22, 2018 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at North Middle School.
• 3. The soonest any final recommendation by the Steering Committee would be presented to the School

Board would be at the School Board Workshop on November 1, 2018 at 6:00 PM. Tentative location is district administrative office. No final decision by the School Board is expected at this workshop.

• 4. If a final recommendation by the Steering Committee is presented to the School Board on Nov 1,

then this plan will be communicated to all district families and team members through a Community News email newsletter as soon as Nov 5, 2018.

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Next steps in the process

• 5. The earliest date for School Board action on boundary adjustments would be made at the School

Board Meeting on November 15, 2018 at 6:00 PM at North Middle School.

• 6. The Steering Committee may set additional meetings as needed. Notice of, and agendas for, any

meetings by the Steering Committee or School Board will be posted in advance on the district website.

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We want your feedback and ideas

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Multiple copies of the same map are displayed on the walls for your review. Please complete an input card or submit your input online from the BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT icon on

• ur App, or using the link on the PROPOSED ELEMENTARY BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS link under the FOR

FAMILIES tab on our website. School and district administrators are here to answer questions.