District staff demonstrated test boundary scenarios and live routing maps to show the enrollment, transportation and feeder-pattern implications of several small boundary adjustments. The demonstration focused on a compact neighborhood area that is currently split among Franklin, Sunset View and Spring Creek; staff highlighted the effects on bus routes (state-funded vs. unfunded), net school enrollments and the district’s intergenerational-poverty concentrations.

Transportation planner Troy used routing software to show that some reassignments would add unfunded routes or shift existing bus assignments; staff warned that moving neighborhoods across railroad tracks or hazardous routes can convert state-funded routes into district-funded routes. Board members asked about student safety (late buses and walking routes), community cohesion when students move to different feeders, and the capacity of receiving schools (Sunset View, Franklin, Spring Creek).

Several board members recommended pausing major boundary shifts until Franklin’s new principal stabilizes the school, and until city redevelopment (apartment demolitions and new construction) clarifies future enrollment patterns. Staff agreed to schedule next steps, provide more detailed demographic and bus-cost data, and present options to the board in a future business meeting if warranted.