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Brookings School District board approves modified elementary boundaries, removes small neighborhood —notches—
Summary
The Brookings School District Board voted to adopt the superintendent's revised elementary boundary plan, removing two small irregular —notches— and a separate blue-box area after staff analysis and public feedback showed limited enrollment gains but notable disruption for affected families.
The Brookings School District Board approved the superintendent's recommendation to implement modified elementary school boundaries this fall, removing several small irregular —notches— and focusing changes on the district's east side, including Aurora and neighborhoods along 22nd Avenue South moving to Hillcrest.
Superintendent Schultz, who led the presentation and analysis, told the board the recommendation responds to community survey input and updated kindergarten registration figures. "My recommendation is we don't have option A or B because if I take out the irregular boundary areas...none of the notches or irregular boundary areas do enough with enrollment changes to outweigh the disruption it has to those…
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