McMinnville School District Elementary and Middle School Boundaries

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McMinnville School DistrictElementary and
Middle School Boundaries

• Open House
• May 30, 2007

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Welcome

• Maryalice Russell
• McMinnville School District
• Superintendent

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Introductions

• Boundary Advisory Committee
• Margot Helphand, facilitator
• District Staff

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Tonights Goals

• Describe Work to Date
• Outline Proposed Options
• Describe Next Steps
• Answer Questions
• Encourage Comments and Suggestions

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Boundary Advisory Committee

• March 2007 Superintendent appoints committee to
  recommend new boundaries
• 16 members
• 2 parents from each elementary and middle school,
  plus 2 alternates
• Superintendent sets criteria for committee
• to consider

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Criteria

• The new boundary
• Can be sustained for at least five years given
  projected growth, attendance patterns and school
  capacity.
• Supports existing neighborhood boundaries.
• Supports socioeconomic balance of district
• as a whole.
• Supports needs of district as a whole.

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Other Issues

• How can we help students and parents make
  transitions to new boundaries?
• Should provisions be made for students entering
  5th grade in September 2008?

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Work to Date

• April and May 2007
• Committee meets five times, plus one public input
  session, analyzes criteria and options
• Committee develops one elementary and two middle
  school options for second
• public input session

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Options

• David Horner
• McMinnville School District
• Facilities and Operations Director

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Why Do We Need New School Boundaries?

• Projected Growth
• School Construction

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Projected Growth
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School Construction

• November 2006 Voters approve
• 62 million bond
• Bond includes
• New classrooms at Memorial, Newby, Wascher
  elementary and McMinnville High
• Sue Buel Elementary School Opens fall 2008,
  replace Cooks

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Elementary Option 1.3 Map
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Elementary Option 1.3 Demographics
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How does Elementary Option 1.3 fit the
committees criteria?

• Sustainable fits within school capacity in short
  term, not long-term
• Neighborhoods Uses existing boundaries,
  including streets and distinct neighborhoods or
  developments
• Socioeconomics no adjustment in short term but
  assumed to adjust over time
• District-wide needs 3 larger and 3 smaller
  schools in short term, limited shifting to Wascher

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Middle School Option 1.3a

• Duniway Middle School Feeder schools are Buel,
  Columbus, Memorial and Newby elementary schools
• Patton Middle School Feeder schools are Buel,
  Grandhaven, Memorial and Wascher elementary
  schools

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Middle School Option 1.3a Map
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Middle School Option 1.3a Demographics
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How does this middle school option 1.3a fit the
committees criteria?

• Sustainable Takes growth into consideration,
  creates boundary that can be sustained for at
  least five years
• Socioeconomics Balances socioeconomic factors
• District-wide needs Creates balanced student
  population at middle school level

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Middle School Option 1.3c

• Duniway Middle School Feeder schools are
  Columbus, Memorial, and Newby elementary schools
  (minus Valleys Edge)
• Patton Middle School Feeder schools are Buel,
  Grandhaven, and Wascher elementary schools (plus
  Valleys Edge)

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Middle School Option 1.3c Map
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Middle School Option 1.3c Demographics
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How does Middle School Option 1.3c fit the
committees criteria?

• Sustainable Largest number of students to our
  smaller middle school (Duniway)
• Socioeconomics Creates a bigger gap between the
  2 middle schools
• District-wide needs One neighborhood development
  within Duniway area is bused to Patton

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Conclusion
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Next Steps

• Spring 2007 Committee refines options,
  recommends new boundaries to Superintendent
• Summer 2007 Superintendent recommends new
  boundaries to School Board, School Board sets new
  boundaries
• Fall 2007 District communicates new boundaries
  to parents, students, general public
• Fall 2008 New boundaries take effect

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Questions?
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We Want to Hear From You

• Tables
• Boundary Advisory Committee members
• Maps of options
• Comment sheets
• Refreshments

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Thank You!

• Thank you for your participation tonight.
• For more information
• Visit www.msd.k12.or.us/Boundary.htm
• E-mail boundarycommittee_at_msd.k12.or.us