Board clarifies difference between zone schools and zone‑option slots; parents may assume more responsibility for transport

Vice chair Moll Kinney and district staff clarified the distinction between a student's zone school and zone‑option schools during discussion of the agenda item. Kinney said a zone school is the school that serves a student's residence; a zone‑option school is an alternative that students may apply to, typically via lottery. She told the student board member there may be a misunderstanding about the terms. "So students will always have a place in their zone school. They can apply through the lottery for the zone option school, but transportation will be on the role of the parent as those zone option schools phase out," she said.