Champaign Unit 4 High School Redistricting Process

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Champaign Unit 4 High School
Redistricting Process

• Arthur Culver, Superintendent of Schools

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Forum 2 Outline and Agenda

• Share Timeline for Redistricting Action Steps

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Forum Outline

• Share Timeline for Redistricting Action Steps
• Review Forum I Summary
• Discuss Objectives for Forum 2
• Identify pros and cons of redistricting options
• Solicit feedback from community

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Demographer/District SelectedRedistricting
Criteria

• Student capacity of buildings (design and
  operational)
• Keeping neighborhood intact
• Use major features as boundaries (main roads,
  railroads, rivers, parks, etc.)
• Reduce transportation costs
• Balance by socio-economic status
• Attempt to move as few students as possible to
  achieve goals
• Maintain an intact feeder system, (dont split
  elementary areas for middle schools, dont split
  middle school areas for high schools)
• Implement a redistricting plan based on longevity

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Community SelectedRedistricting Criteria

• Balance schools by ethnicity, race,
  socio-economic status, special programs, etc
• Maintain middle school cohorts as much as
  possible
• Consider physical proximity and distance from
  home to school
• Consider building capacity(program capacity and
  operational capacity)
• Consider length of time in transit (including
  length of time students waiting at bus stop,
  riding on bus and waiting on bus at school)

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Current high school Boundaries
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Challenges with Current Boundaries

• Building capacity issues at Centennial
• 312 student difference between campuses
• Growth likely to impact Centennial
• Declining Central enrollment
• Growing disparity of socio economic levels
  between schools
• Projected growth and current housing patterns
  

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HS_Option1_090116 (2).pdf

• Option 1

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option1 090116(2).pdf
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HS_Option1_ImpactArea_090116.pdf

• Option 1 impact area

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option1 ImpactArea 090116.pdf
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HS_Option1_With_MS_Stu_090421.pdf

• Option 1 with MS attendance

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option1 With MS Stu 090421.pdf
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Option 1

• Pros

• Cons

• Moves most students
• (900 students moved)
• Smaller walking area around Centennial

• Has a better balance of future enrollment change
• Lower transportation cost
• Higher probability of schools staying balanced by
  size, race/ethnic composition, and socio-economic
  status over next ten years.

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HS_Option2_090116.pdf

• Option 2

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option2 090116.pdf
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HS_Option2_ImpactArea_090116.pdf

• Option 2 impact area

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/ HS
Option2 ImpactArea 090116.pdf
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• Option 2 with MS attendance

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/ HS
Option2 With MS Stu 090421.pdf
HS_Option2_With_MS_Stu_090421.pdf
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Option 2

• Pros

• Cons

• Has higher probability of enrollments becoming
  unbalanced over the next 10 years
• Higher transportation costs

• Moves fewer students than option 1 (700 students)
• Is more geographically compact
• Larger walking area around Centennial

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HS_Option3_090420.pdf

• Option 3

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option3 090420.pdf
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HS_Option3_ImpactArea_090420.pdf

• Option 3 impact area

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option3 ImpactArea 090420.pdf
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• Option 3 with MS attendance

Access via web
http//www.champaignschools.org/re-district/HS
Option3 With MS Stu 090421.pdf
HS_Option3_With_MS_Stu_090421.pdf
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Option 3

• Cons

• Pros

• Moves fewest number of students (150)
• Balances the student population of the two
  students high schools by socio-economic status
  and race. Maintains balance of students at
  acceptable level for the next 7 to 10 years
• Equally distributes new home construction and
  equally distributes existing home turnover
• No recognized neighborhood areas have been split

• North transfer area still exist. No change in
  district transportation cost
• A slightly higher number of free/reduced students
  at Central
• Centennial student walking area has been reduced
  significantly
• Most areas of significant growth of Asian
  students are in Central area

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Avenues for further feedback

• www.champaignschools.org click on redistricting
  link and send feedback through contact us email
  link. Responses will be posted on website.
• Summaries of each forum will be posted district
  website