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Board reviews Herrera relocation plan to Fillmore property, says students outside boundaries will keep bus service
Summary
Board members reviewed maps showing 36% of Herrera students live outside school boundaries; staff said relocating Herrera to the Fillmore property (about one mile away) could centralize the program, keep priority bus routes and change walking boundaries while preserving transportation eligibility for many families.
District staff presented maps and demographic analysis showing that Herrera Elementary attracts many students from outside its immediate neighborhood and proposed moving the Herrera program to the Fillmore property about one mile away.
"So it's a mile away," Mr. Whittle said when the board asked about distance between the two sites. He added that the district plans to continue bus service for students who live outside the new walking boundary, and that shifts in walking boundary and bus stops were modeled in the packet presented to the board.
Why it matters: staff told the board that Herrera has become a specialty program drawing students citywide; the proposed relocation is framed as a strategy both to make the program more centrally accessible and to increase ridership that could improve the district's transportation support limit (TSL) relative to the transportation revenue control limit (TRCL).
Board members asked whether pupils who currently board buses from the south side would still be picked up after the move. Mr. Whittle and staff answered that buses would continue to service existing stops and that the district would add capacity where needed. "We will still have transportation," Mr. Whittle said, adding that Herrera has "priority transportation" because of its early start time.
The board also discussed a proposed northern boundary extension near 7th to 9th Streets that would preserve transportation eligibility for many families currently served from the south. A staff slide showed that roughly 106 of Herrera's ~420 students live inside its current boundaries; most attendees were coming from farther afield.
Next steps: staff will return with refined boundary maps, a timeline for any relocation and additional details on how the move would affect school assignments, route miles and budgetary estimates tied to TRCL/TSL adjustments.
Ending: The board welcomed the analysis and emphasized that any change must assure reliable transportation for families; no final action on relocation was taken at the study session.
