YCJUSD District Boundary Committee Final Recommendations

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YCJUSDDistrict Boundary CommitteeFinal
Recommendations

• Ted Alejandre Committee Chair
• Assistant Superintendent,
• Business Services
• April 24, 2007

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AGENDA
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Committee Members

• Ted Alejandre Chair
• Dave Stevenson Co-Chair
• Lisa Hanes Parent
• Mary Drexler Parent
• Deborah Walls Parent
• Lidia Alvarez Parent
• Tom Weldon CSEA
• Kathryn Elliott YCEA
• Lucia Hudec Educational Services
• Bernie Cavanagh Secondary Rep
• Melissa Moore Secondary Rep
• Linda Moffatt Elementary Rep

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Review of Process

• Process began with Committee Meetings to develop
  preliminary recommendations to Board of Education
• Committee held (4) meetings to develop
  preliminary recommendations
• Committee presented recommendations to Board of
  Education on January 13, 2007
• Board directed Committee to conduct (2)
  Community-Wide meetings to share preliminary
  boundary recommendations and obtain input from
  community members
• (2) Community-Wide meetings held

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Review of Process

• Community informed of key components used to
  determine boundaries
• Students should live as close to their school as
  possible (neighborhood schools)
• Safety Issues (minimizing crossing of major
  streets/highways)
• Student enrollment should match with design
  capacity of schools
• Minimize transportation
• Try to keep students together as they move
  between schools (clean feeder patterns)
• Balance schools by socioeconomic status,
  ethnicity, etc.. (to the extent possible)

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Overview of Community Meetings

• Two Community-Wide meetings held
• Valley Elementary March 8, 2007
• Park View Middle School March 15, 2007
• Notification
• Letters sent home to all students
• Reminder notices sent out
• Schools provided information in their school
  newsletters
• Boundary Maps printed in News Mirror
• Chatter Messages given to parents in District

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Overview of Community Meetings

• Input from Community Included
• Intra-District Transfer opportunities for those
  that want to stay at their previous school
• No mandatory movement of students at any site
  until schools are opened
• Concerns about future high school boundaries
• Transportation support for new boundaries
• Open House provided to parents prior to
  enrolling in new school
• Ensure proper placement of crossing guards for ES
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Overview of Community Meetings

• Other Community Input
• Thanks for opening up this discussion with the
  parents and community at large.
• Good job on the boundaries.
• Thank you for the presentation and allowing
  parents to express concerns and ask questions.
• I came to the meeting, not happy, but better
  understand the reasons behind the change now.

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Final Elementary Recommendations

• ES8 Boundary includes students from MCES, VES,
  RES, and DES
• WES, YES, CES not affected
• Next slide includes new elementary school
  boundaries
• Link to Elementary Boundaries Map Effective Fall
  2008 (.pdf)

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Final Middle School Recommendations

• DES, VES, WES, and CES to attend MVMS
• ES8, RES, YES, and MCES to attend PVMS
• Boundaries allow for comparable enrollments at
  both Middle School sites
• Next slide includes new middle school boundaries
• middleschoolboundaries.pdf

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Additional Recommendations

• Intra-District Requests
• Give priority to students affected by new
  boundary if they are in their final year at
  previous school
• Give priority to distance if within close
  proximity to previous school
• Safety
• Have District Safety Officer work with City of
  Yucaipa to review crossing guard placements and
  add additional stops as necessary
• Open House
• Request Principals at affected elementary sites
  to host Open House in Spring of 2008 for
  students whose boundaries have been changed
• Continue with Middle School orientations for
  incoming 7th graders

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Implementation Schedule

• Elementary Boundaries
• Parents to be notified this fall of new
  boundaries and projected implementation for
  August, 2008
• Parents will receive final notification in
  January, 2008 as we will have construction
  schedule finalized at that time
• Middle School Boundaries
• Parents will be notified this fall of new
  boundaries and projected opening timeline

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Questions/Comments

• Special thanks to all committee members who
  committed their time and efforts to this
  important process!