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Little Rock board reviews CityGate draft to redraw school board zones, asks for more neighborhood-focused maps
Summary
The Little Rock School District board on July 10 reviewed draft maps from CityGate/CityGate GIS to redraw nine existing school board zones to seven, discussed neighborhood continuity, translation and outreach, and asked the vendor to produce alternate drawings and printable maps while the board seeks legal guidance on filing deadlines.
The Little Rock School District Board of Education on July 10 held a planning and review session with consultant Fred Hejazi of CityGate GIS to discuss draft "Draft 2" maps that would reduce the district's nine board zones to seven and bring populations closer to equal ahead of upcoming filing deadlines.
CityGate's presentation explained that the maps are built from U.S. Census geography (TIGER) and the decennial census tabulations provided under Public Law 94-171. Hejazi said the firm balanced districts to keep population deviations small (targeting under about 5% between highest and lowest districts where practical), used major roads to reduce neighborhood splits where possible, and showed on-screen population block totals while noting the current work used 2020 census blocks and…
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