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Board adopts new boundaries for Aloha and Huarez consolidations; grants impacted families priority in school‑of‑choice
Summary
After a consultant's presentation and neighborhood map edits, the board approved phase‑one boundary changes for Aloha and Huarez consolidations (roll call 6–1) and voted to give families affected by consolidation priority for school‑of‑choice (a board amendment to prioritize impacted students' first or second choice passed). Staff committed to multilingual outreach and transportation planning.
The ABC Unified School District Board on Nov. 4 approved revised attendance boundaries to implement phase‑one consolidations (Aloha and Huarez elementary areas) and adopted a school‑of‑choice priority intended to reduce disruption for families affected by the consolidations.
MGT consultant Esau Hoya presented the phase‑one map after mapping resident student addresses and applying compactness and safety criteria (avoiding freeway crossings). The proposal redistributes Aloha residents primarily to Willow, Palms and Melbourne and distributes Huarez residents to Burbank, Kennedy, Neimus and Whitman to balance resident TK‑6 counts.
Board members debated a set of small, localized edits to tidy boundaries and improve enrollment balance. A board amendment to move a small residential sliver to Carver Elementary and to shift adjacent pockets…
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