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Consultant outlines redistricting plan for Matawan-Aberdeen schools; parents press for grandfathering and schedule changes
Summary
A City AGIS consultant presented a redistricting proposal he said balances capacity through 2034 and reflects community input; parents raised concerns about staggered start times and asked the board to grandfather current fourth graders, but staff said doing so would exceed capacity.
Fred Bedjovsky, a consultant with City AGIS, presented a draft redistricting plan to the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District board on Jan. 7, saying the proposal balances attendance areas with school capacity and incorporates housing development yields and community feedback.
The plan, Bedjovsky said, used parcel boundaries and aggregated them into “planning units” to create clear attendance lines and to project enrollments by geography. He told the board the online engagement tool, published Jan. 7, drew 3,167 unique visits and 62 verified comments, and that software projections show each school staying within a reasonable deviation of capacity through 2034.
Why it matters: the proposal would change attendance boundaries and could alter start times, class sizes and transportation routes for elementary students across the district. Those operational changes prompted several parents to urge adjustments…
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