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Board approves Option A elementary redistricting to cut transportation and staffing costs; about 31% of students reassigned
Summary
After community sessions and two presented plans, the board voted to adopt Option A for elementary boundaries. District officials said the change improves bus efficiency, keeps neighborhoods together where possible and could save $480,000–$630,000 by reducing grade‑level sections and transportation costs.
The Perrysburg School Board voted to approve Option A for elementary boundary changes after multiple community presentations and a parent survey showing strong support for that option.
Administration presented two mapping options and said Option A best balanced future growth, bus route efficiency and reduced disruption. The district projected that Option A would move roughly 31% of students to a different elementary school, reduce about six grade‑level sections and save an estimated $480,000 to $630,000 in transportation and staffing costs, depending on kindergarten enrollment and final registrations.
Assistant Superintendent Brooke Price said the district modeled current K–3 addresses, projected incoming kindergarten counts (placeholder 360) and used transportation‑software analysis to create clean boundary lines that shrink overlapping bus runs. Superintendent Tom Hosler said the district currently has long, inefficient routes with multiple buses serving the same block; redistricting cleans those routes and reduces freeway driving for buses.
District staff said they will offer an application option for fourth graders who want to remain in their current building for their final elementary year; administrators cautioned that sibling requests cannot all be guaranteed and said they will seek to make accommodations where feasible.
Board members stressed the emotional impact of moving students but said the district must act to manage enrollment and finances after a failed operating levy and the loss of plans for an additional elementary school. Board president Susan Roland Miller and others said principals will hold welcome events and transition activities for moving families.
The board adopted Option A by roll call vote. The transportation plan and address‑to‑building tables will be posted on the district website and staff will schedule outreach events to help affected families during the spring and summer.
