District operations and transportation staff presented a proposed update to non-transported walk boundaries that would affect seven schools in the Anoka-Hennepin district and summarized feedback from affected families.

Greg Cole, the district's chief operations officer, and BJ Isen, director of transportation, told the board the annual review is prompted by changing sidewalks, new developments and city projects. The review covered Mississippi, Morris By (Morris Pye), Jefferson, Johnsville and Sunrise elementary schools, plus Sandburg Regional High School and Anoka High School.

Transportation staff said they gathered 54 pieces of feedback after an April presentation to the board. Key safety concerns raised by families included exposure to winter weather, lack of sidewalks or crosswalks, the distance and maturity required for students to walk up to a mile, and increased parent driving at pick-up/drop-off if bus service were reduced for some neighborhoods.

Staff said the proposals would shift a small number of students between transported and non-transported status and noted school-by-school impacts they had identified:

- Anoka High School: 46 students would be affected; staff received 3 responses from the area.
- Sandburg: 7 students impacted; no survey responses.
- Jefferson Elementary: 22 students impacted; 6 responses.
- Johnsville: 8 students impacted; 3 responses.
- Mississippi: 20 students impacted; 4 responses; staff noted the district's walk-route maps are outdated and pledged to update them.
- Morris By (Morris Pye): 107 students impacted; 1 response; staff recommended adding a crossing guard at a key crossing point near Crooked Lake Boulevard and A 120th Lane.
- Sunrise Elementary: 142 students impacted and 37 responses; staff described traffic and safety challenges on Lever Street, said the city has agreed to install a crosswalk by the school this summer and that staff are exploring reconfiguring parent and bus lanes to reduce curbside congestion.

Cole and Isen said transportation committee review had not produced a recommendation change and that the district planned to place the item on the June 9 consent agenda unless the board requested otherwise. They emphasized the district's intention to apply consistent criteria across schools and to coordinate required mitigations with cities where crosswalks, crossing guards or signage are needed.

No final board vote was taken May 19. The administration asked for a short runway to bring the item back with any final refinements after collecting community input.