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Board to consider closing Cobble Creek and Cloverleaf to transfers; recommends 89% capacity threshold
Summary
District facilities staff recommended the board close Cobble Creek and Cloverleaf elementary schools to student reassignment because both schools are at or above an 89% capacity threshold; the recommendation also included reopening Lakeshore Middle School as a capacity-relief option. The board will vote on the item at the next meeting.
District facilities staff told the board that rising enrollment and growth in parts of the county have pushed some schools to or over capacity and recommended limiting student reassignment for specific schools.
Mark Shankaric, facilities staff, presented historical enrollment trends and capacity figures, noting the district has operated near 21,000 students historically and is trending back toward that level. Shankaric explained that the capacity numbers used in the analysis do not include mobile units (trailers) and that some schools listed as overcapacity are supported with portable classrooms.
Shankaric said the recommendation is to establish a consistent rule: any school at 89% capacity or higher should be closed to student reassignment. Applying that standard, staff recommended adding Cobble Creek and Cloverleaf elementary schools to the list of schools closed to reassignment. Staff also suggested that Lakeshore Middle School could be reopened to relieve capacity at nearby schools after Brawley opened and its enrollment changed.
Shankaric told the board, “We are recommending that these schools be closed to student reassignment and having a consistent, in a decision here where any school at 89% full or above is a closed school.” He outlined possible responses to capacity pressures, including redistricting, school additions, mobile units, targeted programming, and new-school construction, and noted each option’s trade-offs.
Board members asked clarifying questions about which schools would be added to or removed from the closed list and whether maps of attendance zones could be shown. Staff confirmed the item will be a voting item at the next regular meeting and that the vote would both continue existing closures for current schools and add Cobble Creek and Cloverleaf as closed-to-transfer schools while removing Lake Shore Middle School from the closed list if the board adopts the staff recommendation.
No formal vote occurred at this meeting; staff presented the recommendation and will bring a formal action for the board’s vote at the next meeting.
