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Warren board’s planning group says current K–5 structure 'not sustainable' for projected housing growth
Summary
The Warren Township Board of Education heard a planning-for-growth presentation that laid out three enrollment-and-organization models and concluded the district’s current K–5 configuration is not sustainable for anticipated housing growth; the board will discuss the committee’s work June 15 and will not act before Sept. 2026.
Miss Keller reported that the district’s planning-for-growth working group presented three possible models for organizing elementary grades as the district anticipates a round of new housing development, and said the committee unanimously agreed that the current four K–5 schools model is not sustainable for projected growth.
The committee presented the three options as: the current model (four K–5 schools, with rezoning and program adjustments), an intermediate model (three K–3 schools and one 4–5 school) and a parallel-banded option (two K–2 schools and two 3–5 schools). Miss Keller said committee members met in breakout sessions to assess finance and operations, preschool and special education implications, and student experience for each model.
"The current model option, which is maintaining the four K through 5 schools, is not sustainable for anticipated growth," Miss Keller said during the committee report. She told the board the planning group has not made a formal recommendation and that addressing projected enrollment growth will require changes in school assignments, program placement, or school structure.
The board will receive a detailed item on the committee’s work at its June 15 meeting; the report on May 11 said the board will not take action on the matter until at least September 2026 and that any implemented changes would begin no sooner than the 2027–28 school year. Committee materials are available on the district website, officials said.
Why it matters: The working-group findings could lead to rezoning, program relocations or structural reorganization that would affect student assignments, staffing and facility use across the Warren Township School District. School leaders flagged finance, special-education placements and student experience as the primary areas to study before the board considers any action.
Next steps: The board will discuss the committee’s work on June 15 and continue committee-level review (finance committee will revisit a security vestibule design June 8). No formal board action is scheduled before Sept. 2026.
