Michigan City Area Schools Redistricting Community Forums

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Michigan City Area SchoolsRedistricting
Community Forums

• March 25 April 1, 2009

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History - How did we get to this point?

• High School renovation 10 years ago 9th grade
• Middle School renovation project 6 years ago
• Elementary building plan, completion this summer
• Marsh, Pine, Lake Hills
• Eastport opening 3 years ago
• Not a long-term PK solution
• New buildings were built with capacity for PK

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Committee Members

• Parents
• Coolspring, Edgewood, Joy, Knapp, Marsh, Lake
  Hills, Niemann, Pine, Springfield, Krueger,
  Barker, Elston, Eastport, Special Ed
• Community Members (5)
• Organizations
• Boys and Girls Club, Housing Authority, HOPE,
  City Council, City Hall, MCAS School Board, MCEA,
  MCEEA
• Principals
• Two Elementary, Three Middle
• Central Office
• Mario Rosa, Sarah Fine, Kevin McGuire, Kevin
  Neafie

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Process

• Meeting 1
• Set guidelines for new boundaries
• Meeting 2
• Split into groups, created boundaries based on
  z-map
• Meeting 3
• Kevin2 combined workable features of the 4 group
  maps to create one beginning scenario for the
  group to discuss
• Meeting 4
• Plan A was discussed and Plans B and C
  were
  drafted
• Meeting 5
• Plan B and Plan C discussed

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Guidelines

• Minimize student movement
• Buildings that reflect districts demographics
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• Ethnicity
• Special Education
• Transportation
• Average distance from home to school

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Guidelines Cont.

• Spatial Equality
• No carts, no closets
• Art, Music, 2 Computer Labs
• Family Resource Rooms
• Building Enrollment Capacities
• Based on 25 students/classroom after spatial
  equality
• Program Equity
• Special Education
• After School Programs

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NCLB Score Card
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Current Elementary Boundaries
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Current Middle School Boundaries
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Elementary Plan A
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Plan A

• Pros
• Low student movement
• Average distance lowest

• Cons
• Lack spatial equality
• Is not reflective of the community
• Building capacities are not equal

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Elementary Plan B
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Plan B

• Pros
• Low student movement
• Enrollments balance
• Average distance lowest
• Spatial equality better, but still issue at
  Coolspring

• Cons
• Coolspring and Springfield do not reflect
  community

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Elementary Plan C
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Plan C

• Pros
• All buildings reflect the community
• Enrollments Balance
• Average distance better than current
• Spatial equality at all buildings

• Cons
• Highest student movement of three plans

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Middle School Plans

• Guidelines were set the same, except
• Look at feeder system
• Split as few 5th grades as possible

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Middle School Plan A
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Middle School Plan B
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Middle School Plan C
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Next Steps

• Website Community Comments and Info
• Community Forums
• Local Media
• April 13th, Board Work Session
• Board Presentation - First Reading April 14th