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Board to consider moving Westview students to Rolling Ridge after boundary study
Summary
District staff recommended a boundary change to repurpose Westview Elementary and move its students together to Rolling Ridge Elementary, citing proximity, capacity and a desire to keep current Westview students together.
Olathe Public Schools staff recommended on Tuesday that the board approve a boundary change to repurpose Westview Elementary and move the school’s attendance-area students to Rolling Ridge Elementary, emphasizing proximity, capacity impacts and a two-year transportation transition plan.
The recommendation: Dr. Jim McMullen, the district leader presenting the boundary study, proposed “Option A,” which moves all Westview students into Rolling Ridge. The district said Option A keeps the roughly 115 attendance-area students together, minimizes bus impacts and avoids splitting small cohorts across multiple schools.
Nut graf — why it matters: Westview’s enrollment has fallen in recent years; staff said the building’s attendance-area population stands at about 115 students (145 total enrollment including transfers). The board previously voted in August to repurpose Westview for other programming…
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