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Cuyahoga Falls board reviews three draft boundary scenarios, targets November meeting for public feedback
Summary
District staff presented three preliminary school-boundary scenarios tied to a proposed school closure; board members pressed for clearer maps, kindergarten assumptions and a public outreach plan with a decision timeline centered on Nov. 19 and Dec. 10 meetings.
Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education members heard a detailed presentation Oct. 22 on draft attendance-boundary maps created in response to a planned school closure, with district staff warning the maps are preliminary and subject to revision.
Marjorie Johnson, the district staff member presenting the analysis, said the team produced three scenarios to illustrate how shifting one boundary can ripple across the system. "Changing the boundaries means and closing a school means shifting everything," Johnson said, urging the board to treat the maps as a starting point. She emphasized key unknowns: kindergarten counts are not final and some map dots represent multiple children or whole families.
The discussion focused on how each scenario balanced building capacities and bus routes. Board members and staff repeatedly returned to three constraints: kindergarten enrollment…
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