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BOUNDARY CHANGE PROCESSEast Salem Community Forum

November 2, 2011

Welcome to tonight’s community forum. The AGENDA for this forum is:

1. Provide background information2. Outline boundary change process work plan3. Gather suggestions for attendance area boundary changes4. Invite comment on related issues5. Describe the next steps6. Answer questions7. Evaluate the meeting

These are the R EASONS for a comprehensive boundary change process:

1. The Salem-Keizer School District is in the final phase of a process to construct four new schools

(3 elementary and 1 middle) as the “new school facilities” part of the $242.1 million construction bond approved by Salem-Keizer voters in November 2008. One of those elementary schoolscurrently is under construction on Walker Road NE in East Salem and will open in September 2012.2. The new East Salem elementary school will provide much-needed overcrowding relief throughout the eastern portion of the school district. Several schools currently are crowded or over-capacity, including Hammond, Middle Grove, Scott, Swegle, Auburn, and Miller elementaryschools. In McKay Area elementary schools alone, 29 portable classrooms are in use to helpaccommodate large and growing student populations.3. The East Salem boundary change process will adjust school attendance area boundaries (and

middle school feeder systems), balance enrollments, and make better use of available classroomspace, preparing East Salem students, schools, and neighborhoods for the opening of the new

elementary school next fall.

WORK PLAN:

Sept – Dec 2011 • Gather enrollment, school, and program data.

• Assemble work teams of parents, community representatives, and staff.

• Review information and seek input at neighborhood meetings and forums.

• Compile and analyze input.

• Develop options and working proposals.

Jan – May 2012 • Review proposals at school meetings and neighborhood forums.

• Analyze reactions and revise proposals, as needed.• Submit recommendations to Superintendent and Cabinet.

• Review proposed boundary changes and submit to Board for action.

• School Board takes action on recommendations.

April – June 2012 • Communicate adopted changes, timelines, and impact.

• Plan programs and staffing for 2012-13 school year.

SALEM-KEIZER PUBLIC SCHOOLS • Facilities and Planning •




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November 2, 2011

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PROJECTIONS, AND CAPACITY

Student enrollment in East Salem Study Area schools is reflected in the following chart, including

enrollments since 2009, school capacities, and enrollment projections through the 2012-13 school year.

SchoolHSFeeder

FinalADM

2009-10

FinalADM

2010-11

SchoolCapacit

y

#Modular

Classrms

Proj ADM

2011-12

Enrolled 10-

4-11

Proj ADM

2012-13BCP Max2012-13

Hallman McKay 481 464 512 0 485 468 494 431

Hammond McKay 521 517 552 2 515 527 502 471

Hayesville McKay 447 452 537 4 456 411 456 456

Lamb McKay 492 475 551 2 455 503 467 470

Middle Grove McKay 230 278 281 6 311 301 345 200

New ES McKay 630 TBD 549

Scott McKay 611 629 705 7 634 614 622 624

Swegle McKay 570 580 604 2 572 585 580 523

Yoshikai McKay 495 505 578 4 508 487 528 497

Hazel GreenMcNary

91 105 128 2 110 103 109 47

Auburn North 677 647 718 7 660 639 690 637

Eyre North 576 559 641 4 568 572 573 560

Four Corners North 531 506 565 4 523 510 522 484

Miller North 350 382 512 0 476 507 479 431

Houck MS North 938 907 1232 8 1054 960 1114 1142

Stephens MS McKay 946 1010 1094 4 1058 1005 1069 1004

Waldo MS McKay 739 789 1001 2 839 821 935 911

McKay HS 1711 1752 2271 14 1684 1824 1636 2181

North Salem

HS

1785 1856 2015 10 1759 1923 1722 1925

Legend/definitions:

School at/over capacity

School close to capacity (within 1 classroom)

ADM – Average Daily Membership (average # of full-time students enrolled throughout entire school year)

School Capacity – includes permanent and temporary expanded capacity from modular classrooms on-site

BCP Max – Boundary change process maximum enrollment level for 2012-13 proposed at 81 at elementaryschools and 90 for secondary schools (or 3 classrooms) below capacity to allow for instructional flexibility,special programs, and growth





November 2, 2011

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The following decision making criteria are used as the guiding principles in boundary change processdiscussions and recommendations in the District. (They carry equal weight and are not listed in priority

order, but are numbered for ease of reference.)

1. Allow adequate room for required programs and anticipated growth within each school’s capacity.

2. Ensure access to equal educational opportunities.

3. Ensure closeness and access to schools.

4. Ensure student safety to and from school.

5. Provide continuity in K-12 school feeder systems.

6. Represent ethnic and socioeconomic diversity.

7. Retain neighborhoods.

CONTINUITY EXEMPTIONS

To ensure as much continuity as possible for families during the transition to new school attendanceareas, the District will grant parents a choice of retaining children at their current school under certainconditions if a boundary change would otherwise dictate a change in school.

These continuity exemptions can be applied for through the District’s In-District Transfer Policy andare automatically approved through the conclusion of the student’s current level of schooling (e.g.,elementary or middle).

The policy allows the following students who would be affected by a school attendance area boundarychange or a new attendance area to be eligible for continuity exemptions:

In-district transfer students in good standing, provided they are not continuing onto the next level of

schooling (e.g., 5th

grade elementary students moving onto middle school the school year in whichnew boundaries would take effect).

3rd and 4th grade students (who would be 4th and 5th grade students the school year in which new boundaries take effect).

7th grade students (who would be 8th grade students the school year in which new boundaries takeeffect).

PROCESS for this forum (responses on attached sheet, please):

1. Examine school enrollment, projections, and attendance area maps for this area.

Consider the 7 Board-adopted decision making criteria.

Respond to the questions on the sheet:Where do you live?

Where should boundary changes be made?

What changes should be avoided?

What local issues should be considered?

Evaluate the forum.

For more information, contact your school principal or project coordinator Mike Bednarek at 503-399-

3290 or by e-mail at [email protected].





November 2, 2011

INDIVIDUAL R ESPONSES:

Examine the school enrollment information and current attendance area map for your neighborhood

school. Consider the School Board’s seven decision making criteria and priorities for the boundarychange process. Then, please respond to these questions:

1. Which elementary and/or middle school do your children (or your neighborhood children) currentlyattend?

2. Where should changes in the current boundaries be made?

3. What changes should be avoided?

4. What local issues also should be considered?

YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT TONIGHT’S FORUM . . .

1. This community forum was (check one):Productive and worthwhileSomewhat worthwhileA waste of time

2. I liked:

3. I’d improve:

4. Other comments:

Thank you for your time and comments!

The next East Salem

boundary process community forum

takes place on Thursday, January 26

at 6:00 p.m. in the McKay HS commons


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