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Jamestown board approves elementary boundary plan aimed at balancing Title I rates
Summary
The Jamestown Public School Board voted unanimously to adopt boundary option 1B, a more intrusive but longer-term plan the facilities committee said will compress poverty-rate differences between schools, set class-size caps, and limit waivers for new enrollees while honoring existing waivers for current students.
The Jamestown Public School Board on March 3 approved “boundary option 1B,” a districtwide elementary redraw the facilities committee recommended to better balance student demographics and operational needs.
Board member Aaron Roberts moved to approve the plan; board member Jason Rohrer seconded. The motion carried unanimously by roll call: Owen McKenna, Jamie Vare, Heidi Larson, Jason Rohrer, Jacob Meyer, Dan Tweeden, Aaron Roberts, Steven Belcamp and Melissa Gleason all voted yes.
The board and facilities committee framed 1B as the more “intrusive” choice in the short term because it affects more families immediately, but said it yields recurring benefits by compressing differences in poverty rates between buildings and improving operational balance.
Facilities committee member Aaron Roberts told the board the committee compared three models and concluded that option 1B, though it moves more students initially, improves demographic balance and reduces the chance of…
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