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Superintendent previews four redistricting options, warns some parents may be reassigned and new school will open without fields
Summary
District staff said four redistricting options will be provided to the board in September; staff will run transportation cost checks and plan public input in October-November. The district said the initial opening of a new 1,600-capacity site will not include fields and that seniors would not be reassigned in the first year.
The board received an update on redistricting planning and the timeline for public input and decision-making, and staff flagged operational concerns that will factor into the board's choice.
Dr. James told the board the redistricting group asked the district to wait until the second week of September to provide detailed materials; he said staff will supply electronic copies of four draft options so the board can review them and then seek public input in October and November. "The group did ask us to wait till September, probably the second week," Dr. James said.
Dr. James said staff will ask the transportation department to check which options are economically viable and that the district expects substantial public interest: he said parents are already asking about which neighborhoods will feed which schools. He warned that one option could split a road (Oswald Amity) and might move portions of neighborhoods between high schools.
On how the district would phase students into a newly opened site, Dr. James said the plan would avoid taking seniors from their current schools in the first year and that the new school would open serving three grade levels at about 1,600 capacity. He also told the board the new site will likely open without completed athletic fields, and said parents had already expressed concern about that detail.
Staff said they will return with more granular maps and transportation-cost analyses and that the board will decide which options to present to the public for input. No final redistricting decision was made at the meeting.
Provenance: Redistricting discussion and timeline ran from the superintendent's announcements into follow-up questions and logistical clarifications.
