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Superintendent details boundary review process: capacity, forecasting and 7–8 month timeline
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Kim Moore said attendance-line adjustments are driven by building capacity (90% considered full), enrollment forecasting and county housing projections; she said the boundary review often takes seven to eight months and involves demographers and operations staff.
Moore explained how the district determines when to adjust school attendance lines: each building receives a state-assigned student-station capacity; when a school's enrollment approaches 90% capacity the district considers boundary changes and uses local enrollment data, county housing development projections and demographer input to forecast future needs. "So, if it's at 90% capacity, it's considered full by the state," she said.
She described the process as thoughtful and time-consuming, saying boundary work can take "7 months or 8 months" and is part of a 3/5/10-year planning process to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and to maximize resources in each building.
