Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Redistricting topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
District staff present elementary redistricting plan to balance class sizes and reduce teacher reassignments
Summary
District staff outlined a redistricting plan that shifts a neighborhood from Woodland to Toth (previously planned for Frank) to even enrollments across elementary schools; staff described timeline, outreach to affected families and a limited fourth-grade open-enrollment option for students who would be reassigned.
Perrysburg Exempted Village School District staff presented an elementary redistricting proposal on April 2 intended to even enrollments across buildings and reduce the number of teacher reassignments for the coming school year.
"We have a solution and it ... makes the most sense," said Miss Price, the staff member presenting the redistricting work. Price said updated enrollment data and adjustments to the district's self-transport (walk/bus) zones were used to redraw boundaries in a way that keeps neighborhoods together and reduces the disparity in student counts among buildings.
Price described a map change that moves a blue area of neighborhoods now assigned to Woodland that had been set under the earlier plan (Plan A) to go to Frank; under the new proposal all of that area would instead be assigned to Toth, keeping a clearer boundary along Roachton, Fort Meigs and Five Point Road. Price said almost all affected students are Woodland students now and that two students in the area were open-enrolled elsewhere. She said the change reduces the largest student-to-student difference between buildings from about 85 students to roughly 90 (noting this was a comparative reduction in imbalance) and narrows teacher-staffing differences from about eight teachers between buildings to approximately four.
Staff emphasized class-size targets and transition planning. Price said the district is aiming to keep class sizes at 25 or under and plans to allow limited interdistrict open enrollment for fourth graders who would be moved; those open-enrollment applicants would provide their own transportation. "We would essentially send it out to everyone," Price said of the interdistrict application link, adding that approvals will be granted as capacity allows.
Price outlined a timeline for family outreach: the district plans to email impacted families immediately, post maps and the road-code/enrollment guidance on the district enrollment web page, and send the fourth-grade interdistrict link on a scheduled date so families have time to respond. Elementary principals will send individual letters and run welcome and orientation events; the special-education department is reviewing IEP caseloads and intervention allocation to support the moves.
Board members asked questions about how the open-enrollment process would work, transportation responsibilities and the balance of impacts across subdivisions such as Harrison Landing and Summerfield. Price said staff will coordinate with principals and realtors and post materials online; the district will timestamp and open the interdistrict application for a set window to be fair to families.
No vote was taken; the board thanked staff for the work and then moved to an executive session later in the agenda.
