Binghamton board reviews elementary attendance zones as Roosevelt rebuild nears

Superintendent Tanya opened a multi-hour discussion Tuesday on elementary attendance zones, presenting maps, enrollment projections and community feedback as the district prepares for construction at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary and considers boundary shifts to balance class sizes and building capacity.

The superintendent said the district’s overall elementary enrollment is 2,103 students and noted that the most recent enrollment forecast is arriving earlier than predicted: “the last time I did enrollment study 3 years ago…what was predicted…is coming to a year early,” she told the board.

District staff framed the review as an effort to preserve neighborhood schools while maintaining small, equitable classes. The superintendent repeated the board’s prior commitment to “small class sizes that were defined…16 to 18” and said any boundary changes would not include school closures. She described a temporary plan tied to the Roosevelt rebuild: roughly 20 classrooms would be relocated temporarily across several schools while the new Roosevelt is…